Issue 1, 2024

Metal porphyrins and metal phthalocyanines as designable molecular model electrocatalysts

Abstract

Metal porphyrins (MP) and metal phthalocyanines (MPc) have precisely tailored structural and electronic properties, and their coordination environment and electronic structure can be optimized at the atomic scale to improve their catalytic performance. Furthermore, MP and MPc are structurally similar to M–N4 single-atom catalysts (SACs), which have shown great potential in the field of electrochemistry due to their high atom utilization and excellent electrocatalytic performance. MP and MPc have the advantages of well-defined M–N4 active sites and can be used as ideal model systems for investigating the catalytic mechanism of M–N4 SACs. In this review, the applications of MP and MPc as model systems for electrocatalysis are summarized systematically. First, the structural characteristics of MP and MPc are introduced. Then, the tailoring, fabrication and modification of MP and MPc as both soluble and insoluble catalysts are presented. The influence of the substituents, axial coordination and complex effects is emphasized. Next, we discuss the construction of practical catalysts (such as metal/covalent organic frameworks) with MP and MPc motifs, and present the electrocatalytic behaviour of different systems. In the following section, the applications of advanced in situ characterization techniques for revealing the interfacial reaction processes and catalytic mechanisms of MP and MPc are discussed. In the end, the challenges and future directions in this field are outlined.

Graphical abstract: Metal porphyrins and metal phthalocyanines as designable molecular model electrocatalysts

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
30 Qad 2023
Accepted
25 Way 2023
First published
11 Dit 2023

Mater. Chem. Front., 2024,8, 228-247

Metal porphyrins and metal phthalocyanines as designable molecular model electrocatalysts

Y. Feng, X. Wang and D. Wang, Mater. Chem. Front., 2024, 8, 228 DOI: 10.1039/D3QM00844D

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