Ligand Isomerization Driven Electrocatalytic Switching

The ligand geometry can direct the reactivity and selectivity of dioxygen cleavage in molecular electrocatalysis. It is shown that even on exclusively peroxide-producing catalytic sites, the dioxygen binding modes can be precisely controlled via a seemingly minor change in ligand isomerization, with their activity almost equaling that of Pt in an actual H2−O2 fuel cell.

Subramanian Natarajan, Manohar Akshay, Vanchiappan Aravindan*, Advanced Sustainable Systems 6 (2022) 2100432

Fundamental Aspects of Nano-Electrochemistry

Developing new concepts and techniques for studying and analyzing nano-confined electrochemical reactions.