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Title
Comparison between the electrocatalytic properties of different metal ion phthalocyanines and porphyrins towards the oxidation of hydroxide
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Abstract
This work reports on the electrocatalytic oxidation of hydroxide using different central metal ion phthalocyanines and porphyrins immobilized on gold electrodes. The apparent electrocatalytic activity of cobalt phthalocyanine or porphyrin modified electrodes was found to be the greatest among the present series of metal ion macrocycles investigated. Copper and unmetallated phthalocyanine or porphyrin modified electrodes show no electrocatalytic behaviour towards hydroxide, such as bare gold. A possible mechanism for the enhanced reactivity of cobalt ion macrocycles towards the oxygen evolution is given. It is also stated that the electrocatalytic activity towards an adsorbate involves several aspects, such as the coordination state of the central metal ion, the nature of the ligand, the stability of the complexes, the number of d electrons, the energy of orbitals and the strength of the bonding between the central metal ion and the axial ligand.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Talanta : the international journal of pure and applied analytical chemistry. - Oxford, 1958, currens
Publication
Oxford : Pergamon , 2008
ISSN
0039-9140 [print]
1873-3573 [online]
DOI
10.1016/J.TALANTA.2007.09.034
Volume/pages
74 :5 (2008) , p. 1562-1567
ISI
000253514700064
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UAntwerpen
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Web of Science
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