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Title: Behavior of the Ru-bda water oxidation catalyst covalently anchored on glassy carbon electrodes

Journal Article · · ACS Catalysis
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  1. Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona (Spain)
  2. Freie Univ., Berlin (Germany)
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  4. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
  5. Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)
  6. Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona (Spain); Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)

Electrochemical reduction of the dizaonium complex, [RuII(bda)(NO)(N–N2)2]3+, 23+ (N–N22+ is 4-(pyridin-4-yl) benzenediazonium and bda2– is [2,2'-bipyridine]-6,6'-dicarboxylate), in acetone produces the covalent grafting of this molecular complex onto glassy carbon (GC) electrodes. Multiple cycling voltammetric experiments on the GC electrode generates hybrid materials labeled as GC-4, with the corresponding Ru-aqua complex anchored on the graphite surface. GC-4 has been characterized at pH = 7.0 by electrochemical techniques and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and has been shown to act as an active catalyst for the oxidation of water to dioxygen. This new hybrid material has a lower catalytic performance than its counterpart in homogeneous phase and progressively decomposes to form RuO2 at the electrode surface. The resulting metal oxide attached at the GC electrode surface, GC-RuO2, is a very fast and rugged heterogeneous water oxidation catalyst with TOFis of 300 s–1 and TONs >45000. The observed performance is comparable to the best electrocatalysts reported so far, at neutral pH.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
05K14KE1; Ha3265/6-1; CTQ-2013-49075-R; CTQ2011-26440; SEV-2013-0319; AC02-98CH10886; SC0001059
OSTI ID:
1221759
Report Number(s):
BNL-108389-2015-JA; R&D Project: CO045; KC0301020
Journal Information:
ACS Catalysis, Vol. 5, Issue 6; ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 68 works
Citation information provided by
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