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New cyclopentadienyl rhodium catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen production
- Title
- New cyclopentadienyl rhodium catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen production
- Authors
- Kim, Jinheung; Rajkumar, Eswaran; Kim, Soojin; Park, Yu Mi; Kim, Youngmee; Kim, Sung-Jin; Lee, Hye Jin
- Ewha Authors
- 김성진; 김진흥
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김성진; 김진흥
- Issue Date
- 2017
- Journal Title
- CATALYSIS TODAY
- ISSN
- 0920-5861
1873-4308
- Citation
- CATALYSIS TODAY vol. 295, pp. 75 - 81
- Keywords
- Molecular rhodium complex (pyridyl) benzothiazole; Hydrogen production; Electrocatalytic reduction; Trifluoroacetic acid
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
Proceedings Paper
- Abstract
- The electrocatalytic activity of two new molecular rhodium catalysts was investigated in a hydrogen evolution system in the presence of a proton source using glassy carbon electrodes in acetonitrile and water. Rhodium complexes supported by pbi and pbt ligands, i.e., [Cp*Rh(pbt) Cl](PF6) (1) and [Cp*Rh(pbi) Cl] (2) (where Cp* is pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, pbt is 2-(2'-pyridyl) benzothiazole, and pbi is 2-(2'-pyridyl) benzimidazole), were observed to electrocatalytically evolve H-2 at potential of- 0.90 V vs Ag/AgCl in CH3CN and CH3CN/H2O. Cyclic voltammetry of 1 and 2 in the presence of acid revealed redox waves consistent with the Rh(III)/Rh(I) couple. Bulk electrolysis were used to confirm the catalytic nature of the process for complexes 1 and 2, with turnover numbers in excess of 100 and essentially quantitative faradaic yields for H-2 production. The potentials at which these Rh complexes catalyzed H-2 evolution were close to the thermodynamic potentials for the production of H-2 from protons in CH3CN and CH3CN/H2O, with the small overpotential being 50 mV for 1 as determined by electrochemistry. The complex 1 with more positive Rh(III/I) redox potentials exhibited higher activity for H-2 production.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cattod.2017.05.062
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- 자연과학대학 > 화학·나노과학전공 > Journal papers
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