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The Implications of Coupling an Electron Transfer Mediated Oxidation with a Proton Coupled Electron Transfer
Biswajit Mondal1,2, Soumitra Dinda2, Neeta Karjule1
1Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel.
Abstract:
Invited for this month's cover are the groups of Menny Shalom at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and Dr. Biswajit Mondal at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India. The image shows the connection between two half-cells: an electron transfer-mediated [(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidin-1-yl)oxyl] (TEMPO)-catalyzed benzylamine oxidation at the anode and a proton-coupled electron transfer at the cathode for hydrogen generation. The difference in pH dependence of the anodic and cathodic processes enables hybrid water electrolysis at low cell potential (∼1.0 V) by adjusting only the pH value of the electrolytic medium. The Research Article itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.202202271.
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