title: Mechanism of the Multiple-Electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction in the Presence of the Binuclear Cu(acac)2 Complex.
abstract: The potential of the electron for the serial oxygen reduction reaction is calculated by DFT in an aqueous solution in the presence and absence of Cu(acac)2 complex. The study provides interesting information about the rational design of complex-semiconductor hybrid photocatalysts and cathodes for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan. hisa@kit.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hisayoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: Environmental Research Laboratory, Kinki University, 3-4-1, Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Miwako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teranishi
authors.affiliation: Environmental Research Laboratory, Kinki University, 3-4-1, Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naya
authors.affiliation: Environmental Research Laboratory, Kinki University, 3-4-1, Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan. h-tada@apch.kindai.ac.jp.|Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, 3-4-1, Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan).. h-tada@apch.kindai.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tada
keywords: complexes; density functional theory; fuel cells; oxygen reduction reaction; photocatalysts