2024
Breaking a Molecular Scaling Relationship Using an Iron–Iron Fused Porphyrin Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction
Nishiori D, Menzel J, Armada N, Cruz E, Nannenga B, Batista V, Moore G. Breaking a Molecular Scaling Relationship Using an Iron–Iron Fused Porphyrin Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2024, 146: 11622-11633. PMID: 38639470, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOxygen reduction reactionBinuclear catalystsElectrophilic characterDesign of efficient electrocatalystsCatalytic turnover frequencySynthetic design strategiesMacrocyclic ligandCoordination sphereLigand designTurnover frequencyElectronic conjugationEfficient electrocatalystsReduction reactionOxygen reductionMolecular scaffoldsCatalystCatalytic centerIron-ironCharged sitesElectrocatalystsElectrocatalysisLigandBioinspired applicationsDesign strategyScaling relationships
2022
Ultrafast Charge Relocation Dynamics in Enol–Keto Tautomerization Monitored with a Local Soft-X-ray Probe
Soley M, Videla P, Nibbering E, Batista V. Ultrafast Charge Relocation Dynamics in Enol–Keto Tautomerization Monitored with a Local Soft-X-ray Probe. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry Letters 2022, 13: 8254-8263. PMID: 36018775, PMCID: PMC9465716, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSoft X-ray probeSoft X-ray spectroscopyFull quantum treatmentPump-probe spectroscopyUltrafast time scaleQuantum treatmentHydrogen fuel cellsNuclear dynamicsElectronic excitationEnol-keto tautomerizationPCET mechanismOxygen reductionInterplay of protonsFrontier orbitalsWater splittingCharge relocationElectron transferElectronic structure rearrangementLocal excitationTautomerization reactionImportant reactionsFuel cellsElementary stepsChemical reactionsH atoms