Insights into Decomposition Pathways and Fate of Ru(bpy)32+ during Photocatalytic Water Oxidation with S2O82– as Sacrificial Electron Acceptor

ACS Catalysis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 8361-8369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umme Sarmeen Akhtar ◽  
Eunju Lee Tae ◽  
Yu Sung Chun ◽  
In Chul Hwang ◽  
Kyung Byung Yoon
RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (66) ◽  
pp. 61959-61965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jully Patel ◽  
Karunamay Majee ◽  
Sumanta Kumar Padhi

The complex [Ru(NCN-Me)(bpy)H2O](PF6)2 acts as an active catalyst for the photo-driven oxidation of water, when employed with [Ru(bpy)3]2+ as photosensitizer and Na2S2O8 as sacrificial electron acceptor at pH 6.5 phosphate buffer, with a TON of 130.


1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
AB Hope ◽  
DB Matthews

The deposition of protons in the inside spaces of pea class C chloroplasts was studied by means of the acidification of neutral red measured spectrophotometrically, with the outside space buffered. Careful kinetic analysis of such signals revealed three components, during non-cyclic electron flow induced by single-turnover flashes. These components included a 'slow' phase not emphasized in previous studies. The half-times of these phases were: 'Fast', < 1 ms (not resolved); 'Intermediate', 13-25 ms with added electron acceptor or 4 ms without; and 'Slow', 70-90 ms. Under conditions for cyclic electron flow only the I phase remained; it was the same magnitude as the I phase in non-cyclic flow, and its half-time was c. 3 ms. The F phase, which is usually attributed to protons from the oxidation of water, increased in average size with number of flashes (taken four flashes at a time) and was not fully patent until more than 20 flashes. The size of the I phase, which is usually attributed to protons from the oxidation of plastohydroquinone, when measured in a sequence of flashes to dark-adapted suspensions under non- cyclic conditions, had a binary oscillation in phase with the oscillation in proton uptake reported previously. It was concluded that protons leave PQH2 two at a time on alternate flashes. The S phase (average in 10 test flashes) was reduced by fast preflashes; an origin near photosystem II is suggested. The S phase may imply a small pool of proton-sequestering ability near the water oxidation site, or a number of other possibilities. In steady-state conditions, the ratio of the protons from PQH2 to those from water was 1.0 under all conditions examined except in the absence of added electron acceptor, when it was as high as 1.6. This was the only condition apparently indicating a Q-cycle, with infrequent single-turnover flashes.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (21) ◽  
pp. 10280-10288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajime Suzuki ◽  
Osamu Tomita ◽  
Masanobu Higashi ◽  
Ryu Abe

Photocatalytic O2 evolution on two tungstic acids was studied, especially focusing on the band structure and influence of electron acceptor.


2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 588-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fusheng Li ◽  
Ziqi Zhao ◽  
Hao Yang ◽  
Dinghua Zhou ◽  
Yilong Zhao ◽  
...  

A cobalt oxide catalyst prepared by a flame-assisted deposition method on the surface of FTO and hematite for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water oxidation, respectively.


2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 84-95
Author(s):  
O. M. Moroz ◽  
S. O. Hnatush ◽  
Ch. I. Bohoslavets ◽  
T. M. Hrytsun’ ◽  
B. M. Borsukevych

Sulfate reducing bacteria, capable to reductive transformation of different nature pollutants, used in biotechnologies of purification of sewage, contaminated by carbon, sulfur, nitrogen and metal compounds. H2S formed by them sediment metals to form of insoluble sulfides. Number of metals can be used by these microorganisms as electron acceptors during anaerobic respiration. Because under the influence of metal compounds observed slowing of bacteria metabolism, selection isolated from technologically modified ecotops resistant to pollutions strains is important task to create a new biotechnologies of purification. That’s why the purpose of this work was to study the influence of potassium dichromate, present in medium, on reduction of sulfate and nitrate ions by sulfate reducing bacteria Desulfovibrio desulfuricans IMV K-6, Desulfovibrio sp. Yav-6 and Desulfovibrio sp. Yav-8, isolated from Yavorivske Lake, to estimate the efficiency of possible usage of these bacteria in technologies of complex purification of environment from dangerous pollutants. Bacteria were cultivated in modified Kravtsov-Sorokin medium without SO42- and FeCl2×4H2O for 10 days. To study the influence of K2Cr2O7 on usage by bacteria SO42- or NO3- cells were seeded to media with Na2SO4×10H2O or NaNO3 and K2Cr2O7 at concentrations of 1.74 mM for total content of electron acceptors in medium 3.47 mM (concentration of SO42- in medium of standard composition). Cells were also seeded to media with 3.47 mM Na2SO4×10H2O, NaNO3 or K2Cr2O7 to investigate their growth in media with SO42-, NO3- or Cr2O72- as sole electron acceptor (control). Biomass was determined by turbidymetric method, content of sulfate, nitrate, dichromate, chromium (III) ions, hydrogen sulfide or ammonia ions in cultural liquid – by spectrophotometric method. It was found that K2Cr2O7 inhibits growth (2.2 and 1.3 times) and level of reduction by bacteria sulfate or nitrate ions (4.2 and 3.0 times, respectively) at simultaneous addition into cultivation medium of 1.74 mM SO42- or NO3- and 1.74 mM Cr2O72-, compared with growth and level of reduction of sulfate or nitrate ions in medium only with SO42- or NO3- as sole electron acceptor. Revealed that during cultivation of bacteria in presence of equimolar amount of SO42- or NO3- and Cr2O72-, last used by bacteria faster, content of Cr3+ during whole period of bacteria cultivation exceeded content H2S or NH4+. K2Cr2O7 in medium has most negative influence on dissimilatory reduction by bacteria SO42- than NO3-, since level of nitrate ions reduction by cells in medium with NO3- and Cr2O72- was a half times higher than level of sulfate ions reduction by it in medium with SO42- and Cr2O72-. The ability of bacteria Desulfovibrio sp. to priority reduction of Cr2O72- and after their exhaustion − NO3- and SO42- in the processes of anaerobic respiration can be used in technologies of complex purification of environment from toxic compounds.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilo A. Mesa ◽  
Ludmilla Steier ◽  
Benjamin Moss ◽  
Laia Francàs ◽  
James E. Thorne ◽  
...  

<p><i>Operando</i> spectroelectrochemical analysis is used to determine the water oxidation reaction kinetics for hematite photoanodes prepared using four different synthetic procedures. Whilst these photoanodes exhibit very different current / voltage performance, their underlying water oxidation kinetics are found to be almost invariant. Lower photoanode performance was found to correlate with the observation of optical signals indicative of charge accumulation in mid-gap oxygen vacancy states, indicating these states do not contribute directly to water oxidation.</p>


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