Resolving the Iron Phthalocyanine Redox Transitions for ORR Catalysis in Aqueous Media

Metal macrocycles are among the most important catalytic systems in electrocatalysis and biocatalysis owing to their rich redox chemistry. Precise understanding of the redox behavior of metal macrocycles in operando is essential for fundamental studies and practical applications of this catalytic sy...

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Published in:The journal of physical chemistry letters 2017-07, Vol.8 (13), p.2881-2886
Main Authors: Alsudairi, Amell, Li, Jingkun, Ramaswamy, Nagappan, Mukerjee, Sanjeev, Abraham, K. M, Jia, Qingying
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Language:English
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INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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Summary:Metal macrocycles are among the most important catalytic systems in electrocatalysis and biocatalysis owing to their rich redox chemistry. Precise understanding of the redox behavior of metal macrocycles in operando is essential for fundamental studies and practical applications of this catalytic system. Here we present electrochemical data for the representative iron phthalocyanine (FePc) in both aqueous and nonaqueous media coupled with in situ Raman and X-ray absorption analyses to challenge the traditional notion of the redox transition of FePc at the low potential end in aqueous media by showing that it arises from the redox transition of the ring. Our data unequivocally demonstrate that the electron is shuttled to the Pc ring via the Fe­(II)/Fe­(I) redox center. The Fe­(II)/Fe­(I) redox transition of FePc in aqueous media is indiscernible by normal spectroscopic methods owing to the lack of a suitable axial ligand to stabilize the Fe­(I) state.
ISSN:1948-7185
1948-7185
DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01126