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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 Jul 04;55(28):7943-7. doi: 10.1002/anie.201601453. Epub 2016 May 11.

Heterogeneous Catalysis for Water Oxidation by an Iridium Complex Immobilized on Bipyridine-Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Xiao Liu, Yoshifumi Maegawa, Yasutomo Goto, Kenji Hara, Shinji Inagaki

Affiliations

  1. Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1192, Japan.
  2. Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
  3. School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Technology, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0982, Japan.
  4. Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1192, Japan. [email protected].

PMID: 27168492 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601453

Abstract

Heterogenization of metal-complex catalysts for water oxidation without loss of their catalytic activity is important for the development of devices simulating photosynthesis. In this study, efficient heterogeneous iridium complexes for water oxidation were prepared using bipyridine-bridged periodic mesoporous organosilica (BPy-PMO) as a solid chelating ligand. The BPy-PMO-based iridium catalysts (Ir-BPy-PMO) were prepared by postsynthetic metalation of BPy-PMO and characterized through physicochemical analyses. The Ir-BPy-PMOs showed high catalytic activity for water oxidation. The turnover frequency (TOF) values for Ir-BPy-PMOs were one order of magnitude higher than those of conventional heterogeneous iridium catalysts. The reusability and stability of Ir-BPy-PMO were also examined, and detailed characterization was conducted using powder X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption, (13) C DD MAS NMR spectroscopy, TEM, and XAFS methods.

© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; iridium; oxidation; supported catalysts; water chemistry

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