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STUDY OF ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES FOR THE CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO ADDED-VALUE PRODUCTS
2020
The origin of slow electron recombination processes in dye-sensitized solar cells with alumina barrier coatings
2004
We investigate the effect of a thin alumina coating of nanocrystalline TiO2 films on recombination dynamics of dye-sensitized solar cells. Both coated and uncoated cells were measured by a combination of techniques: transient absorption spectroscopy, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and open-circuit voltage decay. It is found that the alumina barrier reduces the recombination of photoinjected electrons to both dye cations and the oxidized redox couple. It is proposed that this observed retardation can be attributed primarily to two effects: almost complete passivation of surface trap states in TiO2 that are able to inject electrons to acceptor species, and slowing down by a factor of…
Electrochemical characterization of praseodymia doped zircon. Catalytic effect on the electrochemical reduction of molecular oxygen in polar organic …
2011
The voltammetry of microparticles and scanning electrochemical microscopy methodologies are applied to characterize praseodymium centers in praseodymia-doped zircon (PrxZr(1−y)Si(1−z)O4; y + z = x; 0.02 < x < 0.10) specimens prepared via sol–gel synthetic routes. In contact with aqueous electrolytes, two overlapping Pr-centered cathodic processes, attributable to the Pr (IV) to Pr (III) reduction of Pr centers in different sites are obtained. In water-containing, air-saturated acetone and DMSO solutions as solvent, PrxZr(1−y)Si(1−z)O4 materials produce a significant catalytic effect on the electrochemical reduction of peroxide radical anion electrochemically generated. These electrochemical…
Charged Tags for the Identification of Oxidative Drug Metabolites Based on Electrochemistry and Mass Spectrometry
2020
Abstract Most of the active pharmaceutical ingredients like Metoprolol are oxidatively metabolized by liver enzymes, such as Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases into oxygenates and therefore hydrophilic products. It is of utmost importance to identify the metabolites and to gain knowledge on their toxic impacts. By using electrochemistry, it is possible to mimic enzymatic transformations and to identify metabolic hot spots. By introducing charged‐tags into the intermediate, it is possible to detect and isolate metabolic products. The identification and synthesis of initially oxidized metabolites are important to understand possible toxic activities. The gained knowledge about the metabolism will…
Series of Near-IR-Absorbing Transition Metal Complexes with Redox Active Ligands
2020
New soluble and intensely near-IR-absorbing transition metal (Ti, Zr, V, Ni) complexes were synthesized using a redox non-innocent N,N&rsquo
Sub-threshold signal processing in arrays of non-identical nanostructures
2011
Weak input signals are routinely processed by molecular-scaled biological networks composed of non-identical units that operate correctly in a noisy environment. In order to show that artificial nanostructures can mimic this behavior, we explore theoretically noise-assisted signal processing in arrays of metallic nanoparticles functionalized with organic ligands that act as tunneling junctions connecting the nanoparticle to the external electrodes. The electronic transfer through the nanostructure is based on the Coulomb blockade and tunneling effects. Because of the fabrication uncertainties, these nanostructures are expected to show a high variability in their physical characteristics and…
Binuclear Cu2+ complex mediated discrimination between L-glutamate and L-aspartate in water.
2005
L-Glutamate and L-aspartate selectivity is achieved by the action of two Cu2+ metal ions rightly disposed in a cyclophanetype macrocyclic framework; electrochemical sensing of glutamate has been achieved by adsorption of the copper complexes on graphite electrodes. Verdejo Viu, Begoña, Begona.Verdejo@uv.es ; Domenech Carbo, Antonio, Antonio.Domenech@uv.es ; Jimenez Garcia, Hermas Rafael, Hermas.Jimenez@uv.es ; Soriano Soto, Concepción, Concepcion.Soriano@uv.es ; Garcia-España Monsonis, Enrique, Enrique.Garcia-Es@uv.es
A new tetranuclear copper(I) complex based on allyl(5-phenyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)azanide ligand: Synthesis and structural characterization
2015
Abstract By means of alternating current electrochemical technique a new tetranuclear crystalline copper(I) complex [Cu I 4 ( L − ) 4 ] ( L − – allyl(5-phenyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)azanide ion) has been obtained and characterized by X-ray single crystal diffraction ( Sp. gr. I 4 1 / a ) and Raman spectroscopy. The metal center adopts linear arrangement, composed of one thiadiazole N atom from the one L − anion and one azanide N atom of the other L − ligand. A bridged Cu atoms stitch four L − ligands into the firstly observed tetranuclear copper(I) azanide complex with intramolecular Cu(I)⋯Cu(I) interactions at the distance of 2.7451(6) A. Molecular structure and Raman spectrum of the compo…
Impact of the use of sterically congested Ir(III) complexes on the performance of light-emitting electrochemical cells
2018
International audience; The synthesis, structural and optoelectronic characterization of a family of sterically congested cyclometalated cationic Ir(iii) complexes of the form [Ir(C^N)2(dtBubpy)]PF6 (with dtBubpy = 4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine and C^N = a cyclometalating ligand decorated at the 4-position of the pyridine ring and/or the 3-position of the phenyl ring with a range of sterically bulky substituents) are reported. This family of complexes is compared to the unsubstituted analogue complex R1 bearing 2-phenylpyridinato as cyclometalating ligand. The impact of sterically bulky substituents on the C^N ligands on both the solid state photophysics and light-emitting electrochemi…
Fine–grained spinel ferrites: From the reactivity to magnetic properties
1998
The oxidation at low temperature of fine-grained ferrites containing oxidizable cations such as Cu + , Fe 2+ , Mn 2+ , Mo 3+ , V 3+ , has led to new mixed-valent cation deficient ferrites with a large number of vacancies. It has been demonstrated by DTG analysis that each cation oxidizes at a specific temperature in close relation with the cation-oxygen distance. The kinetics oxidation of each oxidizable cation has been explained on the basis of a diffusion-induced stress effect when these stresses are generated by the chemical gradient induced during the oxidation process. When fine-grained ferrites contain some Co-cations, it has been revealed that the stresses have a significant influenc…