Acidic ionic liquid/water solution as both medium and proton source for electrocatalytic H 2 evolution by [Ni(P 2 N 2 ) 2 ] 2+ complexes
- 8 June 2012
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 109 (39), 15634-15639
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120208109
Abstract
The electrocatalytic reduction of protons to H(2) by [Ni((P(Ph)(2)N(C6H4-hex))(2)(2)]((BF(4))(2) (where P(Ph)(2)N(C6H4-hex)(2) = 1,5-di(4-n-hexylphenyl)-3,7-diphenyl-1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctane) in the highly acidic ionic liquid dibutylformamidium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide shows a strong dependence on added water. A turnover frequency of 43,000-53,000 s(-1) has been measured for hydrogen production at 25 °C when the mole fraction of water (χ(H(2)O)) is 0.72. The same catalyst in acetonitrile with added dimethylformamidium trifluoromethanesulfonate and water has a turnover frequency of 720 s(-1). Thus, the use of an ionic liquid/aqueous solution enhances the observed catalytic rate by more than a factor of 50, compared to a similar acid in a traditional organic solvent. Complexes [Ni((P(Ph)(2)N(C6H4X))(2)(2)]((BF(4))(2) (X = H, OMe,CH(2)P(O)(OEt)(2), Br) are also catalysts in the ionic liquid/water mixture, and the observed catalytic rates correlate with the hydrophobicity of X.Keywords
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