Electro-copolymerized film containing ruthenium complexes as electron-transfer(or redox)mediators and water-oxidation catalysts by an oxidative copolymerization method is presented.The addition of the redox mediator s...Electro-copolymerized film containing ruthenium complexes as electron-transfer(or redox)mediators and water-oxidation catalysts by an oxidative copolymerization method is presented.The addition of the redox mediator significantly improved the electrocatalytic water-oxidation activity and reduced the overpotential to 220 mV.The prepared electrode showed a water-oxidation catalytic rate constant kobs of 31.7 s^(-1)and an initial turnover frequency of 1.01 s^(-1)in 1000 s by potential electrolysis at 1.7 V applied bias vs NHE(normal hydrogen electrode).The kinetic isotope effect study suggests that the catalytic water oxidation reaction on the electrode surface occurs via a bimolecular coupling mechanism.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.92261113 and No.21722308)Key Project of Frontier Science Research of Chinese Academy of Sciences(QYZDB-SSWSLH024).
文摘Electro-copolymerized film containing ruthenium complexes as electron-transfer(or redox)mediators and water-oxidation catalysts by an oxidative copolymerization method is presented.The addition of the redox mediator significantly improved the electrocatalytic water-oxidation activity and reduced the overpotential to 220 mV.The prepared electrode showed a water-oxidation catalytic rate constant kobs of 31.7 s^(-1)and an initial turnover frequency of 1.01 s^(-1)in 1000 s by potential electrolysis at 1.7 V applied bias vs NHE(normal hydrogen electrode).The kinetic isotope effect study suggests that the catalytic water oxidation reaction on the electrode surface occurs via a bimolecular coupling mechanism.