Polypyridyl Ru(II)-derivatized polypropylacrylate polymer with a terminal water oxidation catalyst. Application of reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization
Polypyridyl Ru(II)-derivatized polypropylacrylate polymer with a terminal water oxidation catalyst. Application of reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization
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DOI:
10.1039/c5dt00287g
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发表时间:
2015-01-01
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4
通讯作者:
Meye, Thomas J.
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作者:
Fang, Zhen;Ito, Akitaka;Meye, Thomas J.
A Ru(II) polypyridyl-derivatized polypropylacrylate end-capped with a water-oxidation-catalyst (WOC) has been synthesized by using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) followed by click reaction and end-group functionalization. In cyclic voltammograms in propylene carbonate, chromophore oxidation occurs at 1.27 V vs. NHE and the Ru-III/II wave for the catalyst at 0.84 V vs. NHE. Upon excitation of the Ru(II) chromophore, excited-state energy migration occurs by site-to-site, -Ru-II*- -> -Ru-II-, energy transfer hopping along the polymer chain, in part, reaching the terminal catalyst site where -Ru-II*- -> -Ru-II-OH22+ energy transfer is favored by Delta G(en) = -2100 cm(-1). Added MV2+ as an electron transfer acceptor oxidizes the -Ru-II*- excited state on the polymer to Ru(III), -Ru-II*- + MV2+ -> -Ru-III- + MV+, and ultimately, the catalyst, by site-to-site electron transfer hopping and oxidation, -Ru-III-