Hydrogen evolution by cobalt hangman porphyrins under operating conditions studied by vibrational spectro-electrochemistry
Kielb P, Horch M, Wrzolek P, Goetz R, Ly KH, Kozuch J, Schwalbe M, Weidinger IM (2018)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2018
Journal
Book Volume: 8
Pages Range: 1849-1857
Journal Issue: 7
DOI: 10.1039/c7cy02253k
Abstract
Cobalt hangman complexes are promising catalysts for dihydrogen production, yet their electrocatalytic performance in aqueous environment is still a topic of dispute. Surface-enhanced resonance Raman (SERR) spectro-electrochemistry has a great potential to give insight into the reaction mechanism of such molecular catalysts attached to electrodes under turnover conditions. However, the intrinsic catalytic activity of plasmonic supports and photoinduced side-reactions make the in situ analysis of their structures very challenging. In this work, the structure of hangman complexes attached to electrodes via dip-coating was investigated during catalytic turnover by electrochemistry and SERR spectroscopy. In order to explore the relevance of the hanging group for proton supply, complexes bearing a carboxylic acid and an ester hanging group were compared. For the former, SERR spectra recorded under turnover conditions indicate the reductive formation of a CoIII-H species, followed by laser-induced translocation of a proton to the carboxylic hanging group and the associated formation of the CoI state. Due to the lack of a proton accepting group, hangman complexes with an ester group could not be trapped in the CoI intermediate state and as a consequence SERR spectra solely reflected the (photo-enriched) CoII resting state under turnover conditions. These results represent the first Raman spectroscopic insights into intermediates of dihydrogen evolution catalysed by cobalt hangman complexes on electrodes and support the direct involvement of the hanging group as a proton shuttle.
Involved external institutions
Technische Universität Berlin
Germany (DE)
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany (DE)
Technische Universität Dresden
Germany (DE)
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom (GB)
Stanford University
United States (USA) (US)
Germany (DE)
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany (DE)
Technische Universität Dresden
Germany (DE)
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom (GB)
Stanford University
United States (USA) (US)
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APA:
Kielb, P., Horch, M., Wrzolek, P., Goetz, R., Ly, K.H., Kozuch, J.,... Weidinger, I.M. (2018). Hydrogen evolution by cobalt hangman porphyrins under operating conditions studied by vibrational spectro-electrochemistry. Catalysis: Science and Technology, 8(7), 1849-1857. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cy02253k
MLA:
Kielb, Patrycja, et al. "Hydrogen evolution by cobalt hangman porphyrins under operating conditions studied by vibrational spectro-electrochemistry." Catalysis: Science and Technology 8.7 (2018): 1849-1857.
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