Enhancing effect of an amino acid residue model for the electrochemical water oxidation catalyst confined in a polymer membrane

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作者
Yagi, M [1 ]
Kinoshita, K [1 ]
Kaneko, M [1 ]
机构
[1] IBARAKI UNIV,FAC SCI,MITO,IBARAKI 310,JAPAN
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B | 1997年 / 101卷 / 20期
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10.1021/jp9638292
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The activity of an electrocatalytic oxygen evolving center (OEC) molecule based on the trinuclear Ru complex, Ru-red ([(NH3)(5)Ru-O-Ru(NH3)(4)-O-Ru(NH3)(5)](6+)) codispersed with an amino acid residue model compound in a Nafion membrane was studied. The activity of the OEC molecule increased remarkably in the presence of p-cresol (p-Cre), a Tyr model compound. The activity was analyzed based on the intermolecular distance distribution in terms of charge transfer distances between the OEC molecules mediated by p-Cre, their critical decomposition distance, and the intrinsic activity. The charge transfer distance increased remarkably from 1.28 to 2.25 nm by the presence of p-Cre, suggesting that p-Cre works as a mediator for the charge transfer.
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