From Ru-bda to Ru-bds: a step forward to highly efficient molecular water oxidation electrocatalysts under acidic and neutral conditions

Jing Yang; Lei Wang; Shaoqi Zhan; Haiyuan Zou; Hong Chen; Mårten S. G. Ahlquist; Lele Duan; Licheng Sun

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20637-8

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

From Ru-bda to Ru-bds: a step forward to highly efficient molecular water oxidation electrocatalysts under acidic and neutral conditions

Jing Yang,
Lei Wang,
Shaoqi Zhan,
Haiyuan Zou,
Hong Chen,
Mårten S. G. Ahlquist,
Lele Duan,
Licheng Sun

Affiliations

Jing Yang: Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Electric Power, Southern University of Science and Technology
Lei Wang: Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Shaoqi Zhan: Department of Theoretical Chemistry & Biology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Haiyuan Zou: Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Electric Power, Southern University of Science and Technology
Hong Chen: School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Mårten S. G. Ahlquist: Department of Theoretical Chemistry & Biology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Lele Duan: Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Electric Power, Southern University of Science and Technology
Licheng Sun: Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20637-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Developing efficient molecular water oxidation catalysts for artificial photosynthesis is a challenging task. Here the authors introduce a ruthenium based complex with negatively charged sulfonate groups to effectively drive water oxidation under both acidic and neutral conditions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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