An Alternative Reaction Pathway for Iridium Catalyzed Water Oxidation Driven by CAN

Alberto Bucci, Gabriel Menendez Rodriguez, Gianfranco Bellachioma, Cristiano Zuccaccia, Albert Poater, Luigi Cavallo, Alceo Macchioni

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Abstract

The generation of solar fuels by means of a photosynthetic apparatus strongly relies on the development of an efficient water oxidation catalyst (WOC). Cerium ammonium nitrate (CAN) is the most commonly used sacrificial oxidant to explore the potentiality of WOCs. It is usually assumed that CAN has the unique role to oxidatively energize WOCs, making them capable to offer a low energy reaction pathway to transform H2O to O2. Herein we show that CAN might have a much more relevant and direct role in WO, mainly related to the capture and liberation of O–O containing molecular moieties.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4559-4563
Number of pages5
JournalACS Catalysis
Volume6
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 14 2016

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: This work was financially supported by SABIC, Regione
Umbria (POR FSE Projects), and COST Action CM1205
(CARISMA). We thank Prof. Antoni Llobet for helpful discussions
and Dr. Stefano Giovagnoli for his help in performing
DLS measurements.

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