Electrocatalytic O reduction by [Fe-Fe]-hydrogenase active site models. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The instability of [Fe-Fe]-hydrogenase and its synthetic models under aerobic conditions is an inherent challenge in their development as practical H2 producing electrodes. The electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction of a series of synthetic model complexes of the [Fe-Fe] hydrogenase is investigated, and a dominant role of the bridgehead nitrogen in reducing the amount of partially reduced oxygen species (PROS), which is detrimental to the stability of these complexes, is discovered.

published proceedings

  • J Am Chem Soc

author list (cited authors)

  • Dey, S., Rana, A., Crouthers, D., Mondal, B., Das, P. K., Darensbourg, M. Y., & Dey, A.

citation count

  • 43

complete list of authors

  • Dey, Subal||Rana, Atanu||Crouthers, Danielle||Mondal, Biswajit||Das, Pradip Kumar||Darensbourg, Marcetta Y||Dey, Abhishek

publication date

  • June 2014