Issue 70, 2018, Issue in Progress

Comparison of two water oxidation electrocatalysts by copper or zinc supermolecule complexes based on porphyrin ligand

Abstract

Based on the 5,10,15,20-tetra(cyanophenyl)porphyrin (CNTCPP) ligand, two supermolecule complexes formulated as [Cu(CNTCPP)]·2DMF (Cu-CNTCPP) and [Zn(CNTCPP)] (Zn-CNTCPP) have been synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Cu-CNTCPP features a 0 dimensional (0D) supramoleculer structure, whereas Zn-CNTCPP is a 2D structure. With coordination unsaturated points, Cu-CNTCPP exhibits electrocatalytic activity toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with low potential in 1.0 M KOH, generating a current density of 10 mA cm−2 at an potential of 1.66 V vs. RHE, which means it an efficient electrocatalytic material for OER.

Graphical abstract: Comparison of two water oxidation electrocatalysts by copper or zinc supermolecule complexes based on porphyrin ligand

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Oct 2018
Accepted
21 Nov 2018
First published
30 Nov 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 40054-40059

Comparison of two water oxidation electrocatalysts by copper or zinc supermolecule complexes based on porphyrin ligand

Z. Huang, M. Zhang, H. Lin, S. Ding, B. Dong, D. Liu, H. Wang, F. Dai and D. Sun, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 40054 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA08338J

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