Hydrogen production from water using a bis(imino)pyridine molybdenum electrocatalyst

Raja Pal; Joseph A Laureanti; Thomas L Groy; Anne K Jones; Ryan J Trovitch

doi:10.1039/c6cc04946j

Hydrogen production from water using a bis(imino)pyridine molybdenum electrocatalyst

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Oct 4;52(77):11555-8. doi: 10.1039/c6cc04946j. Epub 2016 Sep 6.

Authors

Raja Pal¹, Joseph A Laureanti, Thomas L Groy, Anne K Jones, Ryan J Trovitch

Affiliation

¹ School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA. anne.katherine.jones@asu.edu ryan.trovitch@asu.edu.

PMID: 27603939
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc04946j

Abstract

In 5.0 M H2O/acetonitrile, [((Ph2PPr)PDI)MoO][PF6]2 produces H2 with 96% Faradaic efficiency at -2.5 V vs. Fc(+/0) and a rate of 55 s(-1). Reactivity studies and isolation of a Mo(ii) oxo intermediate, ((Ph2PPr)PDI)MoO, shed light on the H2 evolution mechanism.