skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: A pentadentate nitrogen-rich copper electrocatalyst for water reduction with pH-dependent molecular mechanisms

Journal Article · · Dalton Transactions
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7dt02711g· OSTI ID:1539913
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Department of Chemistry; Wayne State University; Detroit; USA
  2. Department of Chemistry; Hofstra University; Hempstead; USA
+ Show Author Affiliations

A copper catalyst is active towards water reduction with distinctive pH-dependent mechanisms. The CuIII–H-intermediate is bypassed by PCET processes.

Research Organization:
Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0001907
OSTI ID:
1539913
Journal Information:
Dalton Transactions, Vol. 46, Issue 48; ISSN 1477-9226
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (52)

Phenoxyl radicals: H-bonded and coordinated to Cu( ii ) and Zn( ii ) journal January 2006
Photophysical and ab Initio Studies of Mononuclear Copper(I) Complexes journal January 1996
Recent advances in phenoxyl radical complexes of salen-type ligands as mixed-valent galactose oxidase models journal January 2013
Theoretical studies of the mechanism of catalytic hydrogen production by a cobaloxime journal January 2011
Electrochemical-driven water reduction catalyzed by a water soluble cobalt(III) complex with Schiff base ligand journal October 2015
The mechanism of hydrogen evolution in Cu(bztpen)-catalysed water reduction: a DFT study journal January 2015
Metal−Ligand Charge-Transfer-Promoted Photoelectronic Bergman Cyclization of Copper Metalloenediynes:  Photochemical DNA Cleavage via C-4‘ H-Atom Abstraction journal May 2003
Copper(II) complexes of sterically hindered Schiff base ligands: Synthesis, structure, spectra and electrochemistry journal March 2006
Ferrocene as an internal standard for electrochemical measurements journal September 1980
Accurate spin-dependent electron liquid correlation energies for local spin density calculations: a critical analysis journal August 1980
Universal Solvation Model Based on Solute Electron Density and on a Continuum Model of the Solvent Defined by the Bulk Dielectric Constant and Atomic Surface Tensions
  • Marenich, Aleksandr V.; Cramer, Christopher J.; Truhlar, Donald G.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 113, Issue 18, p. 6378-6396 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp810292n
journal May 2009
A dinuclear copper(II) electrocatalyst both water reduction and oxidation journal January 2015
One-Electron Oxidized Copper(II) Salophen Complexes: Phenoxyl versus Diiminobenzene Radical Species journal December 2011
Galactose Oxidase Models: Creation and Modification of Proton Transfer Coupled to Copper(II) Coordination Processes in Pro-Phenoxyl Ligands journal September 2006
First mononuclear copper(II) electro-catalyst for catalyzing hydrogen evolution from acetic acid and water journal September 2014
Identification and Characterization of the “Super-Reduced” State of the H-Cluster in [FeFe] Hydrogenase: A New Building Block for the Catalytic Cycle? journal October 2012
Energy‐adjusted a b i n i t i o pseudopotentials for the first row transition elements journal January 1987
Electronic and interfacial behavior of gemini metallosurfactants with copper(ii)/pseudohalide cascade cores journal January 2013
Molecular Cobalt Pentapyridine Catalysts for Generating Hydrogen from Water journal June 2011
Unusual Ligand Isomerization Dictated by Coordination Requirements of the Metal Ion:  A Double-Bond Shift in Cu(II)-Assisted Template Condensation between Diacetylpyridine and a Tripodal Tetramine journal June 1999
OLEX2 : a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program journal January 2009
Ligand Transformations and Efficient Proton/Water Reduction with Cobalt Catalysts Based on Pentadentate Pyridine-Rich Environments journal December 2014
Self‐consistent molecular orbital methods. XXIII. A polarization‐type basis set for second‐row elements journal October 1982
A tridentate Ni pincer for aqueous electrocatalytic hydrogen production journal January 2012
Electron Transfer by Copper Centers journal February 2004
Synthesis, structure, and spectroscopic properties of copper( II ) compounds containing nitrogen–sulphur donor ligands; the crystal and molecular structure of aqua[1,7-bis(N-methylbenzimidazol-2′-yl)-2,6-dithiaheptane]copper( II ) perchlorate journal January 1984
Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Acidic Water with Molecular Cobalt Tetraazamacrocycles journal February 2012
Syntheses and Properties of Dinuclear Copper(II) Complexes with 2,6-Bis[bis(2-pyridylmethyl)aminomethyl]-4-methylphenol journal April 1984
Cyclic Voltammetric Evaluation of Rate Constants for Conformational Transitions Accompanying Electron Transfer. Effect of Varying Structural Constraints in Copper(II/I) Complexes with Dicyclohexanediyl-Substituted Macrocyclic Tetrathiaethers journal September 1997
Interfacial Behavior and Film Patterning of Redox-Active Cationic Copper(II)-Containing Surfactants journal October 2008
Complexes of earth-abundant metals for catalytic electrochemical hydrogen generation under aqueous conditions journal January 2013
Rapid Water Reduction to H 2 Catalyzed by a Cobalt Bis(iminopyridine) Complex journal November 2011
Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density journal January 1988
A short history of SHELX journal December 2007
The influence of polarization functions on molecular orbital hydrogenation energies journal January 1973
Efficient electro/photocatalytic water reduction using a [Ni II (N 2 Py 3 )] 2+ complex journal January 2016
The Hydrophilic Phosphatriazaadamantane Ligand in the Development of H 2 Production Electrocatalysts:  Iron Hydrogenase Model Complexes journal September 2004
Notes- Dissociation Constants of 2-Substituted Pyridines journal February 1960
A Synthetic Nickel Electrocatalyst with a Turnover Frequency Above 100,000 s-1 for H2 Production journal August 2011
Highly efficient molecular nickel catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen production from neutral water journal January 2014
Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Five-Coordinate Copper(II) Complexes of Pentadentate Ligands with Pyridyl Pendant Arms journal January 1995
The roles of the first and second coordination spheres in the design of molecular catalysts for H 2 production and oxidation journal January 2009
Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production in Aqueous Solution by a Molecular Cobalt Complex journal April 2012
A Molecular Copper Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Reduction with a Large Hydrogen-Generation Rate Constant in Aqueous Solution journal October 2014
Aqueous Solvation Free Energies of Ions and Ion−Water Clusters Based on an Accurate Value for the Absolute Aqueous Solvation Free Energy of the Proton journal August 2006
Preparation and properties of the triply bridged, ferromagnetically coupled dinuclear copper(II) complexes [Cu2(OAc)3(bpy)2](ClO4) and [Cu2(OH)(H2O)(OAc)(bpy)2](ClO4)2 journal September 1990
Synthesis, Redox, and Amphiphilic Properties of Responsive Salycilaldimine-Copper(II) Soft Materials journal April 2008
Copper complexes as catalyst precursors in the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction journal January 2016
Nickel(ii) and copper(ii) complexes with pyridine-containing macrocycles bearing an aminopropyl pendant arm: synthesis, characterization, and modifications of the pendant amino groupElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: colour versions of Figs. 4, 5 and 7. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/dt/b2/b211489e/ journal February 2003
Hydrogenases journal March 2014
Charge-transfer absorption and emission of Cu(NN)2+ systems journal December 1987
An approach to water-soluble hydrogenase active site models: Synthesis and electrochemistry of diiron dithiolate complexes with 3,7-diacetyl-1,3,7-triaza-5-phosphabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane ligand(s) journal November 2006

Similar Records

pH-Dependent Reduction Potentials and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Mechanisms in Hydrogen-Producing Nickel Molecular Electrocatalysts
Journal Article · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Inorganic Chemistry, 52(7):3643-3652 · OSTI ID:1539913
+1 more
Copper Single Atoms Anchored in Porous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon as Efficient pH-Universal Catalysts for the Nitrogen Reduction Reaction
Journal Article · Mon Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · ACS Catalysis · OSTI ID:1539913
+10 more
Novel catalysts with multivalence copper for organic pollutants removal from wastewater with excellent selectivity and stability in Fenton‐like process under neutral pH conditions
Journal Article · Mon Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Water Environment Research · OSTI ID:1539913
+7 more

Related Subjects

Chemistry