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Mediated water electrolysis in biphasic systems

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Heron Vrubel, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Lucie Josette Renée Rivier

The concept of efficient electrolysis by linking photoelectrochemical biphasic H2 evolution and water oxidation processes in the cathodic and anodic compartments of an H-cell, respectively, is introduced. Overpotentials at the cathode and anode are minimis ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

Mechanistic study of the photo‐generation of hydrogen by decamethylruthenocene

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Heron Vrubel, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Laurent Alexis Clément Vannay, Sunny Isaïe Maye, Lucie Josette Renée Rivier

Hydrogen evolution by decamethylruthenocene (Cp*2RuII) was studied in detail highlighting that metallocenes are capable of photo‐reducing hydrogen without the need of an additional sensitizer. Electrochemical, gas chromatographic and spectroscopic (UV/vis, ...

2019

Gold Metal Liquid-Like Droplets

Hubert Girault, Heron Vrubel, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Evgeny Smirnov, Dmitry Momotenko, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

Simple methods to self-assemble coatings and films encompassing nanoparticles are highly desirable in many practical scenarios, yet scarcely any examples of simple, robust approaches to coat macroscopic droplets with continuous, thick (multilayer), reflect ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

Decamethylruthenocene Hydride and Hydrogen Formation at Liquid|Liquid Interfaces

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Thomas James Stockmann, Lucie Josette Renée Rivier

The formation and the dissociation of metal hydrides are key steps within the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) pathway for photochemical water splitting, but also impacts a wide range of other catalytic, industrial, and biochemical reactions. Herein, we d ...

American Chemical Society2015

Self-Healing Gold Mirrors and Filters at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Frédéric Gumy, Evgeny Smirnov, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

The optical and morphological properties of lustrous metal self-healing liquid-like nanofilms were systematically studied towards different applications (e.g., optical mirrors or filters). These nanofilms were formed by a one-step self-assembly methodology ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2016

Gold Nanofilm Redox Catalysis for Oxygen Reduction at Soft Interfaces

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Evgeny Smirnov

Functionalization of a soft or liquid-liquid interface by a one gold nanoparticle thick “nanofilm” provides a conductive pathway to facilitate interfacial electron transfer from a lipophilic electron donor to a hydrophilic electron acceptor in a process kn ...

Elsevier2016

Photoinduced Biphasic Hydrogen Evolution: Decamethylosmocene as a Light-Driven Electron Donor

Hubert Girault, Heron Vrubel, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Astrid Johana Olaya Avendano, Peiyu Ge, Imren Hatay

Excitation of the weak electron donor decamethylosmocene on illumination with white light produces an excited-state species capable of reducing organically solubilized protons under biphasic conditions. Insight into the mechanism and kinetics of light-driv ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

Boosting Water Oxidation Layer-by-Layer

Hubert Girault, Jonnathan Cesar Hidalgo Acosta, Heron Vrubel, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Véronique Amstutz, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

Electrocatalysis of water oxidation was achieved using fluorinated tin oxide (FTO) electrodes modified with layer-by-layer deposited films consisting of bilayers of negatively charged citrate-stabilized IrO2 NPs and positively charged poly(diallyldimethyla ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

MoS2 formed on Mesoporous Graphene as a Highly Active Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution

Hubert Girault, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

A highly active and stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution is developed based on the in situ formation of MoS2 nanoparticles on mesoporous graphene foams (MoS2/MGF). Taking advantage of its high specific surface area and its interconnected conductiv ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

Catalysis of water oxidation in acetonitrile by iridium oxide nanoparticles

Hubert Girault, Jonnathan Cesar Hidalgo Acosta, Heron Vrubel, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Véronique Amstutz

Water oxidation catalysed by iridium oxide nanoparticles (IrO2 NPs) in water–acetonitrile mixtures using [RuIII(bpy)3]3+ as oxidant was studied as a function of the water content, the acidity of the reaction media and the catalyst concentration. It was obs ...

2015

Floating conductive catalytic nano-rafts at soft interfaces for hydrogen evolution

Hubert Girault, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

Mo2C nanowires and composites of Mo2C nanoparticles formed on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (Mo2C/CNT) were developed as advanced catalysts for hydrogen evolution at a polarised water–1,2-dichloroethane interface. Each catalyst acts as a catalytic nano-raft ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2013

Enhanced reactivity of water clusters towards oxidation in water/acetonitrile mixtures as studied by voltammetry at IrO2 nanoparticle modified FTO electrodes

Hubert Girault, Jonnathan Cesar Hidalgo Acosta, Pekka Eero Peljo, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

The water oxidation process in acidified water/acetonitrile mixtures was studied by cyclic voltammetry using fluorinated tin oxide (FTO) electrodes modified layer-by-layer with deposited bilayers of positively charged poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2016

Interfacial Redox Catalysis on Gold Nanofilms at Soft Interfaces

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Evgeny Smirnov, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

Soft or “liquid-liquid” interfaces were functionalized by half a monolayer of mirror-like nanofilms of gold nanoparticles using a precise interfacial microinjection method. The surface coverage of the nanofilm was characterized by ion transfer voltammetry. ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Nanoporous molybdenum carbide wires as an active electrocatalyst towards the oxygen reduction reaction

Hubert Girault, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

A non-precious metal electrocatalyst has been developed for the oxygen reduction reaction based on nanoporous molybdenum carbide (nano-Mo2C) wires through a facile calcination of sub-nanometer periodic organic–inorganic hybrid nanowires. The highly dispers ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2014

Gold Nanofilms at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces: An Emerging Platform for Redox Electrocatalysis, Nanoplasmonic Sensors, and Electrovariable Optics

Pekka Eero Peljo, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Evgeny Smirnov, Thomas James Stockmann

The functionality of liquid–liquid interfaces formed between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES) can be markedly enhanced by modification with supramolecular assemblies or solid nanomaterials. The focus of this Review is recent progress involving ...

2018

Photo-Ionic Cells: Two Solutions to Store Solar Energy and Generate Electricity on Demand

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Heron Vrubel, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

A solar energy conversion concept based on the photo-induced separation of a pair of redox species in a biphasic liquid cell is presented. The redox pair is subsequently discharged in an electrochemical flow cell to generate electricity. To illustrate this ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

Conductive Gold Nanoparticle Mirrors at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces

Hubert Girault, Fernando Cortes Salazar, Frédéric Gumy, Véronique Amstutz, Dmitry Momotenko, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Haiqiang Deng, Pingping Fang

Gold nanoparticle (Au NP) mirrors, that exhibit both high reflectance and electrical conductance, were self-assembled at a [heptane + 1,2-dichloroethane]/water liquid/liquid interface. The highest reflectance, as observed experimentally and confirmed by fi ...

Amer Chemical Soc2013

Charging and Discharging at the Nanoscale: Fermi Level Equilibration of Metallic Nanoparticles

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Evgeny Smirnov, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

The redox properties of metallic nanoparticles are discussed, in particular the relationships between excess charge, size and the Fermi level of the electrons. The redox potentials are derived using simple electrostatic models to provide a straightforward ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2015

Photoproduction of Hydrogen by Decamethylruthenocene Combined with Electrochemical Recycling

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Laurent Alexis Clément Vannay, Grégoire Clément Gschwend, Lucie Josette Renée Rivier

The photoinduced hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by decamethylruthenocene, Cp2RuII (Cp=C5Me5), is reported. The use of a metallocene to photoproduce hydrogen is presented as an alternative strategy to reduce protons without involving an additional phot ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

A nanoporous molybdenum carbide nanowire as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

Hubert Girault, Xile Hu, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

A highly active and stable electrochemical catalyst of nanoporous molybdenum carbide nanowires (np-Mo2C NWs) has been developed for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The np-Mo2C NWs were synthesized simply by pyrolysis of a MoOx,/amine hybrid precursor wi ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2014