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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 18, Issue 42, Pages 13473-13479Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201884
Keywords
electrocatalysis; hydrides; hydrogenases; organometallic complexes; water splitting
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- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [BLANC SIMI9/0926-01]
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Universite de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO)
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The substituted ironthiolate complex [Fe2(mu-bdt)(CO)4{P(OMe)3}2] (bdt=benzenedithiolate) is an active catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen production in aqueous sodium dodecyl sulfate solution, with a high apparent rate constant of 4x106?M-1?s-1. The half-peak potential for catalysis of proton reduction is less negative than -0.6 V versus the standard hydrogen electrode at pH 3. Voltammetric data are consistent with the rate of electrode reaction controlled by diffusion. A mechanism that begins with the rapid protonation of the ironthiolate catalyst is proposed. The Faradaic efficiency in diluted HCl solutions is close to 100?%, but the catalytic activity decayed after about twelve turnovers when electrolysis was carried out in the presence of acetic acid.
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