Abstract
Water splitting reaction is a bottleneck for the environmentally safe production of hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2). Catalysts with high effectualness, extended durability, and affordable are the most important factors for water splitting. Porphyrin-based materials are promising electro-catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction. In this project, we synthesized porphyrin-based N4-macrocyclic complex Tetraether bridged benzylideneamino mercaptopropanoic acid substituted Cobalt phthalocyanine (TEBMPCoPc) and characterized by different spectro-analytical techniques like FT-IR, NMR, Mass, XRD, TGA, and FESEM. The hybrid composite was produced by ball-milling TEBMPCoPc with reduced graphene oxide (rGO). The prepared hybrid catalyst TEBMPCoPc + rGO is used for the water oxidation reaction in 1 M KOH. Surprisingly, TEBMPCoPc + rGO exhibits a better catalytic activity towards hydrogen production through Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with a subsidiary overpotential of 364 mV required to reach the current density of 10 mA cm−2, with a lower Tafel slope value of 56 mV/dec for an OER. Besides, TEBMPCoPc + rGO portrays decent time durability of 12 h and stability.
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One of the authors Chandrakala K.B. sincerely thanks the Department of Other Backward Class, Govt. of Karnataka for the fellowship and VGST GRD No.227, Govt of Karnataka for financial support.
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Chandrakala, K.B., Mruthyunjayachari, C.D., Shivaprasad, K.H. et al. Tetraether bridged benzylideneamino mercaptopropanoic acid substituted Cobalt phthalocyanine/rGO as a catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction in an alkaline medium. Chem. Pap. 78, 1167–1179 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-023-03155-x
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