催化学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (12): 3187-3194.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(22)64151-2

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氧化还原活性联吡啶N-杂环卡宾供体负载的钴配合物在低过电位下电催化水析氢

Lizhu Chen, Xiaojun Su, Jonah W. Jurss()   

  1. 密西西比大学化学与生物化学系, 密西西比, 美国
  • 收稿日期:2022-04-01 接受日期:2022-07-12 出版日期:2022-12-18 发布日期:2022-10-18
  • 通讯作者: Jonah W. Jurss
  • 作者简介:第一联系人:

    共同第一作者.

  • 基金资助:
    国家科学基金(CHE-1848478)

Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water at low overpotentials with cobalt complexes supported by redox-active bipyridyl-NHC donors

Lizhu Chen, Xiaojun Su, Jonah W. Jurss()   

  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
  • Received:2022-04-01 Accepted:2022-07-12 Online:2022-12-18 Published:2022-10-18
  • Contact: Jonah W. Jurss
  • About author:First author contact:Contributed equally to this work.

摘要:

本文研究了三种可调的、具有氧化还原活性联吡啶-N-杂环卡宾(NHC)配体的钴配合物水溶液的电催化析氢性能. 考察了在整个催化剂体系中结构修饰对配体框架的影响, 其中包括非大环衍生物(1-Co)和16(2-Co)和15元大环(3-Co). 结构-活性关系研究结果表明, 大环-环状络合物的活性高于非大环络合物, 其中最刚性的15元大环负载的催化剂整体性能最佳. 在330 mV的低过电位下, 3-Co催化pH=4的醋酸盐缓冲液析氢反应的法拉第效率为97%. 机理研究与钴氢化物物种的形成相吻合, 钴氢化物会质子化, 并通过杂化方式放出H2.

关键词: 氧化还原活性联吡啶, N-杂环卡宾供体, 钴配合物, 电催化, 水分解, 析氢反应

Abstract:

Three cobalt complexes bearing tunable, redox-active bipyridyl N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-based ligands have been studied for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution from aqueous solutions. The effect of structural modifications to the ligand framework is investigated across the catalyst series, which includes a non-macrocyclic derivative (1-Co) and 16-(2-Co) and 15-(3-Co) membered macrocycles. A structure-activity relationship is demonstrated, in which the macrocyclic complexes have greater activity compared to their non-macrocyclic counterpart with the most rigid catalyst, supported by the 15-membered macrocycle, performing best overall. Indeed, 3-Co catalyzes H2 evolution from aqueous pH 4 acetate buffer with a Faradaic efficiency of 97% at a low overpotential of 330 mV. Mechanistic studies are consistent with formation of a cobalt-hydride species that is subsequently protonated to evolve H2 via a heterolytic pathway.

Key words: Redox-active bipyridyl, N-heterocyclic carbene donors, Cobalt complex, Electrocatalysis, Water splitting, Hydrogen evolution