TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct Evidence for a Sequential Electron Transfer-Proton Transfer Mechanism in the PCET Reduction of a Metal Hydroxide Catalyst
AU - Kessinger, Matthew C.
AU - Xu, Jeremiah
AU - Cui, Kai
AU - Loague, Quentin
AU - Soudackov, Alexander V.
AU - Hammes-Schiffer, Sharon
AU - Meyer, Gerald J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2024/1/24
Y1 - 2024/1/24
N2 - The proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) mechanism for the reaction Mox-OH + e- + H+ → Mred-OH2 was determined through the kinetic resolution of the independent electron transfer (ET) and proton transfer (PT) steps. The reaction of interest was triggered by visible light excitation of [RuII(tpy)(bpy′)H2O]2+, RuII-OH2, where tpy is 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine and bpy′ is 4,4′-diaminopropylsilatrane-2,2′-bipyridine, anchored to In2O3:Sn (ITO) thin films in aqueous solutions. Interfacial kinetics for the PCET reduction reaction were quantified by nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy as a function of solution pH and applied potential. Data acquired at pH = 5-10 revealed a stepwise electron transfer-proton transfer (ET-PT) mechanism, while kinetic measurements made below pKa(RuIII-OH/OH2) = 1.3 were used to study the analogous interfacial reaction, where electron transfer was the only mechanistic step. Analysis of this data with a recently reported multichannel kinetic model was used to construct a PCET zone diagram and supported the assignment of an ET-PT mechanism at pH = 5-10. Ultimately, this study represents a unique example among Mox-OH/Mred-OH2 reactivity where the protonation and oxidation states of the intermediate were kinetically and spectrally resolved to firmly establish the PCET mechanism.
AB - The proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) mechanism for the reaction Mox-OH + e- + H+ → Mred-OH2 was determined through the kinetic resolution of the independent electron transfer (ET) and proton transfer (PT) steps. The reaction of interest was triggered by visible light excitation of [RuII(tpy)(bpy′)H2O]2+, RuII-OH2, where tpy is 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine and bpy′ is 4,4′-diaminopropylsilatrane-2,2′-bipyridine, anchored to In2O3:Sn (ITO) thin films in aqueous solutions. Interfacial kinetics for the PCET reduction reaction were quantified by nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy as a function of solution pH and applied potential. Data acquired at pH = 5-10 revealed a stepwise electron transfer-proton transfer (ET-PT) mechanism, while kinetic measurements made below pKa(RuIII-OH/OH2) = 1.3 were used to study the analogous interfacial reaction, where electron transfer was the only mechanistic step. Analysis of this data with a recently reported multichannel kinetic model was used to construct a PCET zone diagram and supported the assignment of an ET-PT mechanism at pH = 5-10. Ultimately, this study represents a unique example among Mox-OH/Mred-OH2 reactivity where the protonation and oxidation states of the intermediate were kinetically and spectrally resolved to firmly establish the PCET mechanism.
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U2 - 10.1021/jacs.3c10742
DO - 10.1021/jacs.3c10742
M3 - Article
C2 - 38193695
AN - SCOPUS:85182573348
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 146
SP - 1742
EP - 1747
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 3
ER -