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

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OSTI ID:1092765
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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)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-06ER15788; SC0001011
Assignee:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Patent Number(s):
8,524,903
Application Number:
12/862,538
OSTI ID:
1092765
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Catalytic Water Oxidation by Single-Site Ruthenium Catalysts journal February 2010
Concerted O atom-proton transfer in the O--O bond forming step in water oxidation journal April 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
Single-Site, Catalytic Water Oxidation on Oxide Surfaces
  • Chen, Zuofeng; Concepcion, Javier J.; Jurss, Jonah W.
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 131, Issue 43, p. 15580-15581 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja906391w
journal November 2009
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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