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Promotion of iridium complex catalysts for HCOOH dehydrogenation by trace oxygen

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Ir complexes are important homogeneous catalysts for formic acid (FA) dehydrogenation. This paper reports that the activity of Ir complexes can be greatly improved through the activation by trace amounts of oxygen. After activation the activity of the heterodinuclear Ir–Ru catalyst increased 18-fold whereas for the mononuclear catalyst a 23-fold increase was observed. Oxygen is the key factor for the activation. But an excessive concentration of oxygen has a negative effect on the activity. There is an optimal concentration of H2O2 for the activation of Ir complex catalysts in HCOOH dehydrogenation. A very low concentration of oxygen (2.4 × 10–6 M) is needed for the activation of the heterodinuclear Ir–Ru catalyst while the mononuclear catalyst requires the presence of oxygen in a much higher concentration (290 × 10–6 M). From the results of the study it can be inferred that the activation of complex catalysts is due to the interplay of chemical and structural changes. These findings may be helpful in the attempts to improve the catalytic activity of homogeneous catalysts, which are widely used in formic acid dehydrogenation, CO2 reduction and in other processes. In addition, this paper indicates that iridium complexes are excellent catalysts for the direct synthesis of H2O2 from the H2 and O2.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 ShangDa Road, Shanghai, 200444, P.R. China

    Yulu Zhan, Ying Du & Baohua Yue

  2. Division of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215125, P.R. China

    Yulu Zhan, Yangbin Shen, Ying Du & Xiaochun Zhou

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P.R. China

    Yangbin Shen

  4. Key Lab of Nanodevices and Applications, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P.R. China

    Xiaochun Zhou

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Zhan, Y., Shen, Y., Du, Y. et al. Promotion of iridium complex catalysts for HCOOH dehydrogenation by trace oxygen. Kinet Catal 58, 499–505 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002315841705024X

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