Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution with a copper porphyrin bearing <i>meso</i>-(<i>o</i>-carborane) substituents
Xinyang Peng, Jinxiu Han, Xialiang Li, Guijun Liu, Yuhan Xu, Yu‐Xin Peng, Shuai Nie, Wenzi Li, Xinrui Li, Zhuo Chen, Haonan Peng, Rui Cao, Yu Fang
Abstract
A new Cu porphyrin bearing meso -( o -carborane) substituents is designed and synthesized and displays much higher activity than o -carborane-free analogues for the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction in both organic and aqueous solutions.
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PorphyrinCarboraneCopperBearing (navigation)ChemistryHydrogenPhotochemistryElectrocatalystPolymer chemistryCombinatorial chemistryMedicinal chemistryElectrochemistryOrganic chemistryElectrodePhysical chemistryCartographyGeographyElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsMetalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins