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Interrogation of electrocatalytic water oxidation mediated by a cobalt complex

TitleInterrogation of electrocatalytic water oxidation mediated by a cobalt complex
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsWasylenko, DJ, Palmer, RD, Schott, E, Berlinguette, CP
JournalCHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume48
Pagination2107-2109
ISSN1359-7345
Abstract

Examination of the aqueous electrochemistry of a Co(II) complex bearing a pentadentate ligand suggests that the catalytic current corresponding to water oxidation is molecular in origin, and does not emanate exclusively from Co-oxide phases formed in situ.

DOI10.1039/c2cc16674g