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Ananya Debnath1, Sangharaj Diyali1, Mainak Das2
1Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling-734013, India. bhaskarbiswas@nbu.ac.in.
Abstract:
A structurally characterized porous Ag(I)-molecular cage AgMOC and a Cu(II)-coordination polymer CuCP with a pre-synthesized ligand 1,3-bis(((E)-2-methoxybenzylidene)amino)propan-2-ol and its parental amine with thiocyanate are reported to harness electrical mobility-driven hydrogen evolution activity. Porosity-induced electrically conductive AgMOC emerges as a better electrocatalyst with a Tafel slope of 104 mV per decade over Cu(II)-polymer's slope of 128 mV per decade. The electrochemical stability and durability of the designed electrocatalysts in harnessing the HER activity are also examined under experimental conditions.
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