Abstract
Two new silver(Ⅰ) coordination polymers (CPs) {[Ag2(p-HMOPhIDC)(BBP)](H2O)}n (1), {[Ag2(m-HMOPhIDC)(BBP)](H2O)}n (2) (BBP = 1,3-[bis(2,2′-benzimidazole)] propane, p-H3MOPHIDC = 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)–2H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acid, m-H3MOPHIDC = 2-(3-methoxyphenyl)–2H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acid), were prepared under hydrothermal condition and structurally characterized. The CPs 1–2 both exhibit binuclear 1D “square waveform” chain structures. Structural analysis shows that the two silver ions in CP 1 are crystallographically independent but chemically identical; whereas the two silver ions in CP 2 are crystallographically independent and chemically different. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) of carbon paste composite electrodes (CPCEs 1–2) prepared by mixing graphite powder with coordination polymers was investigated by variable temperature linear sweep voltammetry (VT-LSV), controlled potential electrolysis (CPE) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in 0.5 M H2SO4 electrolyte. It was found that the overpotential η10293K of CPCEs 1–2 positively shifted 449 and 172 mV compared with sCPCE (−966 mV), and the Tafel slope of sCPCE and CPCE 1–2 were 276, 160 and 226 mV dec-1, respectively. The results proved that CPCEs 1–2 could effectively catalyze and accelerate the HER behavior. The higher HER activity of the CPCE 1 than CPCE 2 can be attributed to the fact that CP 1 contains more three-coordinated silver ions. Moreover, the recognition performance of CPCEs 1–2 for H2O2 was further studied by chronoamperometry in 0.2 M phosphate buffer solution (PBS, pH = 6). The two sensors can detect H2O2 in a linear range from 0.5 μM to 4 mM with a detection limit of 128 µM for CPCE 1 and 27.1 µM for CPCE 2 at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3, and also revealed long-term stability and good selectivity.
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