Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions Catalyzed By Metal Porphyrins and Corroles

Abstract

Catalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are key steps involved in artificial photosynthesis for solar-energy conversion for the production of clean, carbon-free, and renewable energy sources, and thus they are considered to be appealing ways to eliminate the energy and environmental problems caused by burning fossil fuels. Extensive efforts have been made to develop efficient and robust catalysts for these two processes. Research on mononuclear metal complexes has attracted increasing attention recently because not only they are capable of catalyzing HER and OER as efficiently as multinuclear metal complexes, but also there are several advantages in synthesis and mechanism studies by using single site catalysts. In this talk, we will introduce hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions catalyzed by single site metal porphyrins and corroles.