A Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Reactions in Water

Wolfgang Schöfberger, Felix Faschinger, Stefan Müllegger, Stefano Tebi, Reinhold Koch

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Abstract

Oxygen reduction and water oxidation are two key processes in fuel cell applications. The oxidation of water to dioxygen is a 4 H +/4 e - process, while oxygen can be fully reduced to water by a 4 e -/4 H + process or partially reduced by fewer electrons to reactive oxygen species such as H 2O 2 and O 2 -. We demonstrate that a novel manganese corrole complex behaves as a bifunctional catalyst for both the electrocatalytic generation of dioxygen as well as the reduction of dioxygen in aqueous media. Furthermore, our combined kinetic, spectroscopic, and electrochemical study of manganese corroles adsorbed on different electrode materials (down to a submolecular level) reveals mechanistic details of the oxygen evolution and reduction processes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2396-2401
Number of pages6
JournalAngewandte Chemie
Volume128
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Fields of science

  • 104 Chemistry
  • 104021 Structural chemistry
  • 104026 Spectroscopy
  • 104015 Organic chemistry
  • 104017 Physical chemistry
  • 106002 Biochemistry
  • 106041 Structural biology
  • 301305 Medical chemistry

JKU Focus areas

  • Nano-, Bio- and Polymer-Systems: From Structure to Function
  • Engineering and Natural Sciences (in general)

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