2016
Heterogenized Iridium Water-Oxidation Catalyst from a Silatrane Precursor
Materna K, Rudshteyn B, Brennan B, Kane M, Bloomfield A, Huang D, Shopov D, Batista V, Crabtree R, Brudvig G. Heterogenized Iridium Water-Oxidation Catalyst from a Silatrane Precursor. ACS Catalysis 2016, 6: 5371-5377. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIridium Water Oxidation CatalystsMetal oxide semiconductor surfacesWater oxidation catalystsExperimental IR spectraOxide semiconductor surfaceWater oxidationHeterogenized catalystTurnover frequencyIR spectraSilatrane precursorCovalent attachmentFunctional groupsTurnover numberM KNO3CatalystSemiconductor surfacesPrecatalystOverpotentialCatalysisComputational modelingOxidationPrecursorsKNO3SpectraSurfaceA new method for the synthesis of β-cyano substituted porphyrins and their use as sensitizers in photoelectrochemical devices
Antoniuk-Pablant A, Terazono Y, Brennan B, Sherman B, Megiatto J, Brudvig G, Moore A, Moore T, Gust D. A new method for the synthesis of β-cyano substituted porphyrins and their use as sensitizers in photoelectrochemical devices. Journal Of Materials Chemistry A 2016, 4: 2976-2985. DOI: 10.1039/c5ta07226c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhotoelectrosynthetic cellsWater oxidationNew synthetic methodSolar cellsSensitive functional groupsHigh positive potentialsElectrochemical propertiesRedox mediatorSynthetic methodZinc porphyrinMost porphyrinsPhotoelectrochemical devicesFunctional groupsMild conditionsPresence of TrisPorphyrinsPotential candidateNanoparticulate TiOSensitizersOxidationPositive potentialsDyeMoleculesImproved yieldPhotocurrent
2014
Organosilatrane building blocks
Brennan B, Gust D, Brudvig G. Organosilatrane building blocks. Tetrahedron Letters 2014, 55: 1062-1064. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.12.082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBoronic estersFunctional groupsSilica gel purificationFurther synthetic manipulationsAlkynyl functional groupBuilding blocksUseful building blocksPinacol boronic estersSynthetic manipulationsCoupling reactionReactive aminoEthynyl analoguesReactionEstersAnaloguesPalladiumBromoMoleculesAminoPurification