An efficient self-assembly Ru - Al material as heterogeneous catalyst for water oxidation

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 129-131
Author(s):  
Feng Ding ◽  
Lina Duan ◽  
Yan Gao
MRS Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (42) ◽  
pp. 2147-2155
Author(s):  
Sudi Chen ◽  
Xitong Ren ◽  
Shufang Tian ◽  
Jiajie Sun ◽  
Feng Bai

AbstractThe self-assembly of optically active building blocks into functional nanocrystals as high-activity photocatalysts is a key in the field of photocatalysis. Cobalt porphyrin with abundant catalytic properties is extensively studied in photocatalytic water oxidation and CO2 reduction. Here, we present the fabrication of cobalt porphyrin nanocrystals through a surfactant-assisted interfacial self-assembly process using Co-tetra(4-pyridyl) porphyrin as building block. The self-assembly process relies on the combined noncovalent interactions such as π-π stacking and axial Co-N coordination between individual porphyrin molecules within surfactant micelles. Tuning different reaction conditions (temperature, the ratio of co-solvent DMF) and types of surfactant, various nanocrystals with well-defined 1D to 3D morphologies such as nanowires, nanorods and nano hexagonal prism were obtained. Due to the ordered accumulation of molecules, the nanocrystals exhibit the properties of the enhanced capability of visible light capture and can conduce to improve the transport and separation efficiency of the photogenerated carriers, which is important for photocatalysis. Further studies of photocatalytic CO2 reduction are being performed to address the relationship between the size and shape of the nanocrystals with the photocatalytic activity.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (15) ◽  
pp. 2714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Savastano ◽  
Paloma Arranz-Mascarós ◽  
Maria Paz Clares ◽  
Rafael Cuesta ◽  
Maria Luz Godino-Salido ◽  
...  

A new G-(H2L)-Pd heterogeneous catalyst has been prepared via a self-assembly process consisting in the spontaneous adsorption, in water at room temperature, of a macrocyclic H2L ligand on graphene (G) (G + H2L = G-(H2L)), followed by decoration of the macrocycle with Pd2+ ions (G-(H2L) + Pd2+ = G-(H2L)-Pd) under the same mild conditions. This supramolecular approach is a sustainable (green) procedure that preserves the special characteristics of graphene and furnishes an efficient catalyst for the Cu-free Sonogashira cross coupling reaction between iodobenzene and phenylacetylene. Indeed, G-(H2L)-Pd shows an excellent conversion (90%) of reactants into diphenylacetylene under mild conditions (50 °C, water, aerobic atmosphere, 14 h). The catalyst proved to be reusable for at least four cycles, although decreasing yields down to 50% were observed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 616-624
Author(s):  
Yong Dou ◽  
Lu Yang ◽  
Lan Qin ◽  
Yunhui Dong ◽  
Zhen Zhou ◽  
...  

The solar photocatalysis of water splitting represents a significant branch of enzymatic simulation by efficient chemical conversion and the generation of hydrogen as green energy provides a feasible way for the replacement of fossil fuels to solve energy and environmental issues. We report herein the self-assembly of a CoII-based metal–organic framework (MOF) constructed from 4,4′,4′′,4′′′-(ethene-1,1,2,2-tetrayl)tetrabenzoic acid [or tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)ethylene, H4TCPE] and 4,4′-bipyridyl (bpy) as four-point- and two-point-connected nodes, respectively. This material, namely, poly[(μ-4,4′-bipyridyl)[μ8-4,4′,4′′,4′′′-(ethene-1,1,2,2-tetrayl)tetrabenzoato]cobalt(II)], [Co(C30H16O8)(C10H8N2)] n , crystallized as dark-red block-shaped crystals with high crystallinity and was fully characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, PXRD, IR, solid-state UV–Vis and cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements. The redox-active CoII atoms in the structure could be used as the catalytic sites for hydrogen production via water splitting. The application of this new MOF as a heterogeneous catalyst for light-driven H2 production has been explored in a three-component system with fluorescein as photosensitizer and trimethylamine as the sacrificial electron donor, and the initial volume of H2 production is about 360 µmol after 12 h irradiation.


Synthesis ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (05) ◽  
pp. 1097-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsunori Tanaka ◽  
Katsumasa Fujiki

A previously unreported 1,5-diazacyclooctane-palladium(II) complex was synthesized using bis[N,N′-(2-indanolyl)]-1,5-diazacyclooctane, which was readily prepared via a novel [4+4] homocyclization of the unsaturated imine intermediate generated from acrolein and 1-amino-2-indanol. Interestingly, the 1,5-diazacyclooctane-palladium(II) complex self-assembled to form palladium nanoparticles. This approach readily provided palladium nanoparticles simply by heating a mixture of palladium(II) acetate and bis[N,N′-(2-indanolyl)]-1,4-diazacyclooctane in dichloroethane at mild temperatures. The 1,5-diazacyclooctane-derivative-palladium nanoparticles were successfully deployed in synthetic applications as a heterogeneous catalyst, facilitating Suzuki coupling and a challenging C–C bond formation via C(sp3)–H activation under low catalyst loading conditions.


2005 ◽  
Vol 109 (46) ◽  
pp. 21489-21491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayuki Yagi ◽  
Emi Tomita ◽  
Sayaka Sakita ◽  
Takayuki Kuwabara ◽  
Keiji Nagai

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (59) ◽  
pp. 9255-9258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis A. Kuznetsov ◽  
Dmitry V. Konev ◽  
Natal'ya S. Komarova ◽  
Andrey M. Ionov ◽  
Rais N. Mozhchil ◽  
...  

Bimetallic Ni–Mo alkoxide was exploited as a single-source precursor for the production of water-oxidizing catalyst films demonstrating excellent activity and stability.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 526-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianhua Zhou ◽  
Danping Wang ◽  
Simon Chun-Kiat Goh ◽  
Jindui Hong ◽  
Jianyu Han ◽  
...  

A new layered metal–organic phosphonate crystal with both mono- and di-μ-oxo bridged octahedral cobalt was synthesized and acts as an efficient and stable heterogeneous catalyst for water oxidation.


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