TY - JOUR
T1 - Macromolecular Engineering of the Outer Coordination Sphere of [2Fe-2S] Metallopolymers to Enhance Catalytic Activity for H2 Production
AU - Brezinski, William P.
AU - Karayilan, Metin
AU - Clary, Kayla E.
AU - McCleary-Petersen, Keelee C.
AU - Fu, Liye
AU - Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof
AU - Evans, Dennis H.
AU - Lichtenberger, Dennis L.
AU - Glass, Richard S.
AU - Pyun, Jeffrey
N1 - Funding Information:
DLL, RSG, and JP gratefully acknowledge support of this work by NSF (CHE-1664745). KM acknowledges support of this work by NSF (DMR 1501324).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2018/11/20
Y1 - 2018/11/20
N2 - Small-molecule catalysts inspired by the active sites of [FeFe]-hydrogenase enzymes have long struggled to achieve fast rates of hydrogen evolution, long-term stability, water solubility, and oxygen compatibility. We profoundly improved on these deficiencies by grafting polymers from a metalloinitiator containing a [2Fe-2S] moiety to form water-soluble poly(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate metallopolymers (PDMAEMA-g-[2Fe-2S]) using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). This study illustrates the critical role of the polymer composition in enhancing hydrogen evolution and aerobic stability by comparing the catalytic activity of PDMAEMA-g-[2Fe-2S] with a nonionic water-soluble metallopolymer based on poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) prepared via ATRP (POEGMA-g-[2Fe-2S]) with the same [2Fe-2S] metalloinitiator. Additionally, the tunability of catalyst activity is demonstrated by the synthesis of metallocopolymers incorporating the 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (OEGMA) monomers. Electrochemical investigations into these metallo(co)polymers show that PDMAEMA-g-[2Fe-2S] retains complete aerobic stability with catalytic current densities in excess of 20 mA·cm-2, while POEGMA-g-[2Fe-2S] fails to reach 1 mA·cm-2 current density even with the application of high overpotentials (η > 0.8 V) and loses all activity in the presence of oxygen. Random copolymers of the two monomers polymerized with the same [2Fe-2S] initiator showed intermediate activity in terms of current density, overpotential, and aerobic stability.
AB - Small-molecule catalysts inspired by the active sites of [FeFe]-hydrogenase enzymes have long struggled to achieve fast rates of hydrogen evolution, long-term stability, water solubility, and oxygen compatibility. We profoundly improved on these deficiencies by grafting polymers from a metalloinitiator containing a [2Fe-2S] moiety to form water-soluble poly(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate metallopolymers (PDMAEMA-g-[2Fe-2S]) using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). This study illustrates the critical role of the polymer composition in enhancing hydrogen evolution and aerobic stability by comparing the catalytic activity of PDMAEMA-g-[2Fe-2S] with a nonionic water-soluble metallopolymer based on poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) prepared via ATRP (POEGMA-g-[2Fe-2S]) with the same [2Fe-2S] metalloinitiator. Additionally, the tunability of catalyst activity is demonstrated by the synthesis of metallocopolymers incorporating the 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (OEGMA) monomers. Electrochemical investigations into these metallo(co)polymers show that PDMAEMA-g-[2Fe-2S] retains complete aerobic stability with catalytic current densities in excess of 20 mA·cm-2, while POEGMA-g-[2Fe-2S] fails to reach 1 mA·cm-2 current density even with the application of high overpotentials (η > 0.8 V) and loses all activity in the presence of oxygen. Random copolymers of the two monomers polymerized with the same [2Fe-2S] initiator showed intermediate activity in terms of current density, overpotential, and aerobic stability.
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U2 - 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00765
DO - 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00765
M3 - Article
C2 - 35651247
AN - SCOPUS:85056628205
SN - 2161-1653
VL - 7
SP - 1383
EP - 1387
JO - ACS Macro Letters
JF - ACS Macro Letters
IS - 11
ER -