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Effects of p-substituents on electrochemical CO oxidation by Rh porphyrin-based catalysts
Yamazaki, Shin-Ichi,Yamada, Yusuke,Takeda, Sahori,Goto, Midori,Ioroi, Tsutomu,Siroma, Zyun,Yasuda, Kazuaki
, p. 8968 - 8976 (2010)
Electrochemical CO oxidation by several carbon-supported rhodium tetraphenylporphyrins with systematically varied meso-substituents was investigated. A quantitative analysis revealed that the p-substituents on the meso-phenyl groups significantly affected CO oxidation activity. The electrocatalytic reaction was characterized in detail based on the spectroscopic and X-ray structural results as well as electrochemical analyses. The difference in the activity among Rh pophyrins is discussed in terms of the properties of p-substituents along with a proposed reaction mechanism. Rhodium tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin (Rh(TCPP)), which exhibited the highest activity among the porphyrins tested, oxidized CO at a high rate at much lower potentials (2 oxidation activity, in contrast to Pt-based catalysts.