Effect of Stacking Interactions on the Translation of Structurally Related Bis(thiosemicarbazonato)nickel(II) HER Catalysts to Modified Electrode Surfaces
Effect of Stacking Interactions on the Translation of Structurally Related Bis(thiosemicarbazonato)nickel(II) HER Catalysts to Modified Electrode Surfaces
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堆积相互作用对结构相关的双(氨基硫脲)镍(II) HER催化剂向修饰电极表面转化的影响
DOI:
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01209
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Gupta, Gautam
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作者:
Gupta, Alexander J.;Vishnosky, Nicholas S.;Hietsoi, Oleksandr;Losovyj, Yaroslav;Strain, Jacob;Spurgeon, Joshua;Mashuta, Mark S.;Jain, Rahul;Buchanan, Robert M.;Gupta, Gautam
A series of crystalline nickel(II) complexes (1–3) based on inexpensive bis(thiosemicarbazone) ligands diacetylbis(4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazone) (H2ATSM), diacetylbis(4,4-dimethyl-3-thiosemicarbazone) (H2ATSDM), and diacetylbis[4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-3-thiosemicarbazone] (H2ATSM-F6) were synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and NMR, UV–visible, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopies. Modified electrodesGC-1–GC-3were prepared with films of1–3deposited on glassy carbon and evaluated as potential hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts. HER studies in 0.5 M aqueous H2SO4(10 mA cm–2) revealed dramatic shifts in the overpotential from 0.740 to 0.450 V after extended cycling for1and2. The charge-transfer resistances forGC-1–GC-3were determined to be 270, 160, and 630 Ω, respectively. Characterization of the modified surfaces forGC-1andGC-2by scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy revealed similar crystalline coatings before HER that changed to surface-modified crystallites after conditioning. The surface ofGC-3had an initial glasslike appearance before HER that delaminated after HER. The differences in the surface morphology and the effect of conditioning are correlated with crystal-packing effects. Complexes1and2pack as columns of interacting complexes in the crystallographicadirection with short interplanar spacings between 3.37 and 3.54 Å. Complex3packs as columns of isolated molecules in the crystallographicbdirection with long-range interplanar spacings of 9.40 Å.