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Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production by an Aluminum(III) Complex: Ligand‐Based Proton and Electron Transfer
Author(s) -
Thompson Emily J.,
Berben Louise A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201503935
Subject(s) - overpotential , hydrogen production , ligand (biochemistry) , redox , electron transfer , proton , chemistry , production (economics) , electrocatalyst , hydrogen , metal , inorganic chemistry , materials science , electrochemistry , photochemistry , electrode , metallurgy , physics , organic chemistry , biochemistry , receptor , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
Environmentally sustainable hydrogen‐evolving electrocatalysts are key in a renewable fuel economy, and ligand‐based proton and electron transfer could circumvent the need for precious metal ions in electrocatalytic H 2 production. Herein, we show that electrocatalytic generation of H 2 by a redox‐active ligand complex of Al 3+ occurs at −1.16 V vs. SCE (500 mV overpotential).