A cheap and fast catalyst for water oxidation is highly desirable to meet the future energy crisis scenario. Very recently Cu-based molecular electrocatalyst has gained immense interest. Here, first dimeric Cu-phenanthroline-tartarate complex is introduced for this purpose. The complex could be either obtained from a previously known 1-D chain MOF by varying the pH or from the market available cheap ingredients (Copper nitrate, disodium tartarate and phenanthroline). The complex is characterized crystallographically. The classic phenanthroline and tartarate ligand combinations has helped to achieve remarkably high rates (kcat = 234 s-1) and relatively rigid geometry (TON = 833). Presence of tartarate moiety may play the crucial role for abstraction of proton by the assistance of adjacent water molecules  .

Binuclear copper phenanthroline complex for electrocatalytic water oxidation

248th National Meeting (2014)

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