Stabilized photoanodes for water oxidation by integration of organic dyes, water oxidation catalysts, and electron-transfer mediators

Wang, Degao; Eberhart, Michael S.; Sheridan, Matthew V.; Hu, Ke; Sherman, Benjamin D.; Nayak, Animesh; Wang, Ying; Marquard, Seth L.; Dares, Christopher J.; Meyer, Thomas J.

doi:10.1073/pnas.1802903115

Title: Stabilized photoanodes for water oxidation by integration of organic dyes, water oxidation catalysts, and electron-transfer mediators

Journal Article · Mon Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802903115· OSTI ID:1540291

Wang, Degao ^[1]; Eberhart, Michael S. ^[1]; Sheridan, Matthew V. ^[1]; Hu, Ke ^[2];

^[3]; Nayak, Animesh ^[1]; Wang, Ying ^[1]; Marquard, Seth L. ^[1];

^[4]; Meyer, Thomas J. ^[1]

Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
Fudan Univ., Shanghai (People's Republic of China)
Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Texas Christian Univ., Fort Worth, TX (United States)
Florida International Univ., Miami, FL (United States)

Stabilized photoanodes for light-driven water oxidation have been prepared on nanoparticle core/shell electrodes with surface-stabilized donor–acceptor chromophores, a water oxidation catalyst, and an electron-transfer mediator. Here, for the electrode, fluorine-doped tin oxide FTO|SnO₂/TiO₂|-Org1-|1.1 nm Al₂O₃|-RuP²⁺-WOC (water oxidation catalyst) with Org1 (1-cyano-2-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)vinyl)phosphonic acid), the mediator RuP²⁺([Ru(4,4-(PO₃H₂)₂-2,2-bipyridine)(2,2-bipyridine)₂]²⁺), and the WOC, Ru(bda)(py(CH₂)_(3or10)P(O₃H)₂)₂(bda is 2,2-bipyridine-6,6-dicarboxylate with x = 3 or 10), solar excitation resulted in photocurrents of ~500 µA/cm²and quantitative O₂evolution at pH 4.65. Related results were obtained for other Ru(II) polypyridyl mediators. For the organic dye PP (5-(4-(dihydroxyphosphoryl)phenyl)-10,15,20-Tris(mesityl)porphyrin), solar water oxidation occurred with a driving force near 0 V.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Alliance for Molecular PhotoElectrode Design for Solar Fuels (AMPED); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1540291

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, Issue 34; ISSN 0027-8424

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