Jieying Wang, Yezi Ping, Yanmei Chen, Shanshan Liu, Jinfeng Dong, Zhijun Ruan, Xiangming Liang, Junqi Lin
The structure of organic ligand scaffolds of copper complexes critically affects their electrocatalytic properties toward water oxidation, which is widely regarded as the bottleneck of overall water splitting. Herein, two novel mononuclear Cu complexes, [Cu(dmabpy)](ClO4 )2 (1, dmabpy = 6,6'-bis(dimethylaminomethyl)-2,2'-bipyridine) and [Cu(mabpy)](ClO4 )2 (2, mabpy = 6,6'-bis(methylaminomethyl)-2,2'-bipyridine), with four-coordinated distorted planar quadrilateral geometry were synthesized and explored as efficient catalysts for electrochemical oxygen evolution in phosphate buffer solution...
February 23, 2024: Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry