Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

A bio-inspired coordination polymer as outstanding water oxidation catalyst via second coordination sphere engineering

  • Wenlong Li,
  • Fusheng Li,
  • Hao Yang,
  • Xiujuan Wu,
  • Peili Zhang,
  • Yu Shan,
  • Licheng Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13052-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) process is very important for water oxidation catalysis. Here, the authors introduced uncoordinated carboxylate in the second-coordination-sphere of Ni-Fe coordination polymer catalyst as an internal base to promote the water oxidation kinetics by such PCET process.