Abstract
Ligand effects of some representative monomeric Ru-based water oxidation catalysts on the key O-O formation step are revealed in this work. Three effects, namely, cis-effect, net charge effect, and steric hindrance effect, are identified, which can exert sizable modulation on the O-O formation barriers for the two widely accepted O-O formation mechanisms of WNA (water nucleophilic attack) and I2M (direct coupling of two high-valent metal oxo units). The study demonstrates that, through the way of ligand design, there remains a large space for improving O-O bond formation reactivity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7130-7136 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Inorganic Chemistry |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 14 |
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| State | Published - 21 Jul 2014 |