TY - JOUR
T1 - Mediation at high potentials for the reduction of oxygen to water by cobalt porphyrin-quinone systems in porous aerogel carbon electrodes
AU - Elbaz, L.
AU - Korin, E.
AU - Soifer, L.
AU - Bettelheim, A.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Reduced p-, m-, and o-benzoquinones: hydroquinone (HQ), resorcinol (Res), and catechol (Cat), undergo irreversible monolayer adsorption in aerogel carbon (AEC) electrodes with rates of 1.7 × 10-4, 7.1 × 10 -5, and 1.4 × 10-4 s-1 for HQ, Res, and Cat, respectively. The adsorbed species showed electrochemical quasi-reversible behavior in 1 M H2SO4 with half-wave potentials (E 1/2) of +0.45, +0.31, and +0.58 V vs Ag/AgCl/KCl (saturated) for AEC/HQ, AEC/Res, and AEC/Cat, respectively. Upon adsorption of Co(III) tetra(p-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin in these electrodes, a single reduction wave was observed and its E1/2 (∼+0.45 V) was independent of the nature of the adsorbed reduced quinone. This was attributed to a metalloporphyrin/quinone complex, which formed and stabilized at the electrode surface. This species, after being reduced, reacted with oxygen with a rate of 1.8 × 105 M-1 s-1. Mediation of oxygen reduction by these systems occurred at a relatively high potential (∼+0.5 V) almost completely via a four-electron-transfer process.
AB - Reduced p-, m-, and o-benzoquinones: hydroquinone (HQ), resorcinol (Res), and catechol (Cat), undergo irreversible monolayer adsorption in aerogel carbon (AEC) electrodes with rates of 1.7 × 10-4, 7.1 × 10 -5, and 1.4 × 10-4 s-1 for HQ, Res, and Cat, respectively. The adsorbed species showed electrochemical quasi-reversible behavior in 1 M H2SO4 with half-wave potentials (E 1/2) of +0.45, +0.31, and +0.58 V vs Ag/AgCl/KCl (saturated) for AEC/HQ, AEC/Res, and AEC/Cat, respectively. Upon adsorption of Co(III) tetra(p-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin in these electrodes, a single reduction wave was observed and its E1/2 (∼+0.45 V) was independent of the nature of the adsorbed reduced quinone. This was attributed to a metalloporphyrin/quinone complex, which formed and stabilized at the electrode surface. This species, after being reduced, reacted with oxygen with a rate of 1.8 × 105 M-1 s-1. Mediation of oxygen reduction by these systems occurred at a relatively high potential (∼+0.5 V) almost completely via a four-electron-transfer process.
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U2 - 10.1149/1.3247582
DO - 10.1149/1.3247582
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AN - SCOPUS:72249122576
SN - 0013-4651
VL - 157
SP - B27-B31
JO - Journal of the Electrochemical Society
JF - Journal of the Electrochemical Society
IS - 1
ER -