|
|||||
|
|
Homogeneous Oxidation of Water by Iron Complexes with Macrocyclic Ligands |
|
| Authors: | Biaobiao Zhang Dr Fei Li Fengshou Yu Honghua Cui Xu Zhou Hua Li Yong Wang Prof Licheng Sun |
| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT‐KTH Joint Education and Research Center on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 116024 Dalian (China), Fax: (+86)?411‐84986245;2. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350000 Fuzhou (China);3. Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), 10044 Stockholm (Sweden), Fax: (+46)?8‐791‐2333 |
| Abstract: | The activity of eleven separated iron complexes and nine in situ‐generated iron complexes towards catalytic water oxidation have been examined in aqueous solutions with Ce(NH4)2(NO3)6 as the oxidant. Two iron complexes bearing tridentate and tetradentate macrocyclic ligands were found to be novel water oxidation catalysts. The one with tetradentate ligand exhibited a promising activity with a turnover number of 65 for oxygen evolution. |
| Keywords: | homogeneous catalysis iron complex oxygen evolution renewable resources water splitting |