Borate Buffer as a Key Player in Cu-Based Homogeneous Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation.

ABSTRACT: Borate buffer was found to have both structural and functional roles within a low-cost tri-copper electrocatalyst for homogeneous water oxidation that exhibits a high turnover frequency of 310 s^-1 . The borate buffer was shown to facilitate the catalytic activity by both bridging the three Cu ions and participating in O-O bond formation. Phosphate and acetate buffers did not show such roles, making borate a unique player in this catalytic system.

SUBMITTER: Ruan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9828671 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature