Metal oxide-organic hybrid materials for heterogeneous catalysis and methods of making and using thereof
Catalysts prepared from abundant, cost effective metals, such as cobalt, nickel, chromium, manganese, iron, and copper, and containing one or more neutrally charged ligands (e.g., monodentate, bidentate, and/or polydentate ligands) and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. Exemplary ligands include, but are not limited to, phosphine ligands, nitrogen-based ligands, sulfur-based ligands, and/or arsenic-based ligands. In some embodiments, the catalyst is a cobalt-based catalyst or a nickel-based catalyst. The catalysts described herein are stable and active at neutral pH and in a wide range of buffers that are both weak and strong proton acceptors. While its activity is slightly lower than state of the art cobalt-based water oxidation catalysts under some conditions, it is capable of sustaining electrolysis at high applied potentials without a significant degradation in catalytic current. This enhanced robustness gives it an advantage in industrial and large-scale water electrolysis schemes.
- Research Organization:
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-84ER13297
- Assignee:
- Yale University (New Haven, CT)
- Patent Number(s):
- 10,711,021
- Application Number:
- 14/950,791
- OSTI ID:
- 1735020
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 11/24/2015
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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