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Title: Ruthenium or osmium complexes and their uses as catalysts for water oxidation

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OSTI ID:1162123
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The present invention provides ruthenium or osmium complexes and their uses as a catalyst for catalytic water oxidation. Another aspect of the invention provides an electrode and photo-electrochemical cells for electrolysis of water molecules.

Research Organization:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-06ER15788
Assignee:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Patent Number(s):
8,871,078
Application Number:
13/958,843
OSTI ID:
1162123
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Aug 05
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (7)

Ruthenium or osmium complexes and their uses as catalysts for water oxidation patent September 2013
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Single-Site, Catalytic Water Oxidation on Oxide Surfaces
  • Chen, Zuofeng; Concepcion, Javier J.; Jurss, Jonah W.
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journal November 2009
Catalytic Water Oxidation by Single-Site Ruthenium Catalysts journal February 2010
Mechanism of Water Oxidation by Single-Site Ruthenium Complex Catalysts
  • Concepcion, Javier J.; Tsai, Ming-Kang; Muckerman, James T.
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 132, Issue 5, p. 1545-1557 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja904906v
journal February 2010
Example of Highly Stereoregulated Ruthenium Amidine Complex Formation:  Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Spectral and Redox Properties of the Complexes [RuII(trpy){NC5H4CHNN(C6H5)C(CH3)NH}](ClO4)2 (1) and [RuII(trpy)(NC5H4CHNNHC6H5)Cl]ClO4 (2) (trpy = 2,2‘:6‘,2‘ ‘-Terpyridine) journal October 2002
Ruthenium monoterpyridine complexes with 2,6-bis(benzoxazol-2-yl)pyridine as an ancillary ligand: Synthesis, structure and spectral studies journal August 2008

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