A Cobalt@Cucurbit[5]uril Complex as a Highly Efficient Supramolecular Catalyst for Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.

ABSTRACT: A host-guest complex self-assembled through Co²⁺ and cucurbit[5]uril (Co@CB[5]) is used as a supramolecular catalyst on the surface of metal oxides including porous indium tin oxide (ITO) and porous BiVO₄ for efficient electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water oxidation. When immobilized on ITO, Co@CB[5] exhibited a turnover frequency (TOF) of 9.9 s^-1 at overpotential η=550 mV in a pH 9.2 borate buffer. Meanwhile, when Co@CB[5] complex was immobilized onto the surface of BiVO₄ semiconductor, the assembled Co@CB[5]/BiVO₄ photoanode exhibited a low onset potential of 0.15 V (vs. RHE) and a high photocurrent of 4.8 mA cm^-2 at 1.23 V (vs. RHE) under 100 mW cm^-2 (AM 1.5) light illumination. Kinetic studies confirm

SUBMITTER: Li F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7894348 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature