Bioinspired Tungsten Dithiolene Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution: A Combined Electrochemical, Photochemical, and Computational Study

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 13524-13533

  Gomez Mingot, Maria ^a   Porcher, Jean Philippe ^a   Todorova, Tanya K ^a   Fogeron, Thibault ^a   Mellot Draznieks, Caroline ^a   Li, Yun ^a   Fontecave, Marc ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; HYDROGEN; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; TUNGSTEN;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONTROLLED POTENTIAL ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRO REDUCTION; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; REACTION MECHANISM; SACRIFICIAL ELECTRON DONORS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROGEN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PROTON; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN;

BIOMIMETICS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

BIOMIMETICS; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASES; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PROTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 84946066723     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b01615     Document Type: Article

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