Soft Templating and Disorder in an Applied 1D Cobalt Coordination Polymer Electrocatalyst
DOI
10.1016/j.matt.2019.06.021
Peer Reviewed
1
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
11-6-2019
Publication Title
Matter
Keywords
cobalt catalysts, coordination polymers, electrocatalysts, energy materials, hybrid materials, MAP 3: Understanding, oxygen evolution reaction, pair distribution function, phosphine oxides, reverse Monte Carlo simulations, soft templating, water oxidation, X-ray absorption spectroscopy
School
Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Abstract
Designing hybrid organic-inorganic catalysts with bioinspired principles inspires applied catalyst development. We monitor the formation in situ and unravel the structure of a high-performance disordered hybrid cobalt oxidation catalyst. Atomistic modeling of X-ray scattering and absorption spectra identifies the catalyst as an unconventional cobalt coordination polymer of hydrated {H2O-Co2(OH)2-OH2} edge-site motifs connected by bridging hydrophobic bis-phosphine oxide ligands. The flexibility of this structural topology opens up new roads for rational design of disordered catalysts beyond molecules and solids.
Rights
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
Open Access
Green Accepted
Repository Citation
Triana, C., Moré, R., Bloomfield, A., Petrović, P., Ferrón, S., Stanley, G., Zarić, S., Fox, T., Brothers, E., Sheehan, S., Anastas, P., & Patzke, G. (2019). Soft Templating and Disorder in an Applied 1D Cobalt Coordination Polymer Electrocatalyst. Matter. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2019.06.021
