Issue 67, 2017
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Chemical Communications

Electrocatalytic water oxidation by Cu(ii) ions in a neutral borate buffer solution†

Hai-Hua Huang, ORCID logo a   Jia-Wei Wang, ORCID logo a   Pathik Sahoo,a   Di-Chang Zhong ORCID logo *b  and  Tong-Bu Lu*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
E-mail: lutongbu@mail.sysu.edu.cn

b Institute of New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technology, School of Material Science & Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
E-mail: zhong_dichang@hotmail.com

Abstract

Herein we report that a Cu(II) salt can efficiently catalyze water oxidation in a neutral borate buffer. Studies on the mechanism revealed that the borate anion serves as an oxygen donor in O–O bond formation during the process of water oxidation, assisting in enhancing the catalytic activity of Cu(II).

Graphical abstract: Electrocatalytic water oxidation by Cu(ii) ions in a neutral borate buffer solution

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC04834C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Jun 2017
Accepted
27 Jul 2017
First published
27 Jul 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 9324-9327

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Electrocatalytic water oxidation by Cu(II) ions in a neutral borate buffer solution

H. Huang, J. Wang, P. Sahoo, D. Zhong and T. Lu, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 9324 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC04834C

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