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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Walden AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5488214 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20150204 4
The tris(2-pyridyl)phosphine oxide (Py<sub>3</sub>PO) complex [Ru(Py<sub>3</sub>PO)(bpy)(OH<sub>2</sub>)]<sup>2+</sup> (bpy is 2,2'-bipyridine) is a pH-dependent water oxidation electrocatalyst that accelerates dramatically with increasing pH-up to 780 s<sup>-1</sup> at pH 10 (∼1 V overpotential). Despite retaining the pentakis(pyridine) ligand arrangement common to previously reported catalysts, the tripodal Py<sub>3</sub>PO ligand framework supports much faster electrocatalysis. The early stag ...[more]