期刊
ACS CATALYSIS
卷 6, 期 12, 页码 8308-8312出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02697
关键词
water oxidation; radical coupling; I2M; DFT; bda; catalysis; ruthenium
资金
- Vetenskapsradet
- Wenner-Gren Foundation
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
Two radicals can form a bond without an energetic barrier. However, the radical coupling mechanism in ruthenium catalyzed water oxidation has been found to be associated with substantial activation energies. Here we have investigated the coupling reaction of [Ru=O(bda)L-2](+) catalysts with different axial L ligands. The interaction between the two oxo radical moieties at the Ru(V) state was found to have a favorable interaction in the transition state in comparison to the prereactive complex. To further understand the existence of the activation energy, the activation energy has been decomposed into distortion energy and interaction energy. No correlation between the experimental rates and the calculated coupling barriers of different axial L was found, showing that more aspects such as solvation, supramolecular properties, and solvent dynamics likely play important roles in the equilibrium between the free Ru-v=0 monomer and the [Ru-v=O center dot center dot center dot O=Ru-v] dimer. On the basis of our findings, we give general guidelines for the design of catalysts that operate by the radical coupling mechanism.
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