title: Electrocatalytic water oxidation by copper(ii) complexes containing a tetra- or pentadentate amine-pyridine ligand.
abstract: Two water soluble copper(ii) complexes containing amine-pyridine ligands were found to be catalytically active for water oxidation reactions in basic solutions, with observed rate constants of 13.1-18.7 s-1. These complexes are robust in basic solutions and displayed good stability over 5 h of electrolysis in pH 11.5 phosphate buffer at 1.4 V vs. NHE.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian 116024, China. symbueno@dlut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Junyu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian 116024, China. symbueno@dlut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5531-5056
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian 116024, China. symbueno@dlut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Peili
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9171-935X
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian 116024, China. symbueno@dlut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian 116024, China. symbueno@dlut.edu.cn and Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 10044, Sweden.
authors.forename: Licheng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun