All-PEGylated redox-active metal-free organic molecules in non-aqueous redox flow battery

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (31) ◽  
pp. 15715-15724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingchao Chai ◽  
Amir Lashgari ◽  
Xiao Wang ◽  
Caroline K. Williams ◽  
Jianbing “Jimmy” Jiang

A non-aqueous redox flow battery based on all-PEGylated, metal-free compounds is presented. The PEGylation enhances the stability of the redox-active materials, alleviating crossover by increasing the anolyte and catholyte species’ molecular sizes.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jules Moutet ◽  
David Mills ◽  
Md Mubarak Hossain ◽  
Thomas L. Gianetti

Redox Flow Batteries (RFBs) through their scalable design and virtually unlimited capacity, are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage. While recent advances in the development of redox-active bipolar organic molecules...


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Śmiłowicz ◽  
Friederike Kogelheide ◽  
Anna Lena Schöne ◽  
Katharina Stapelmann ◽  
Peter Awakowicz ◽  
...  

AbstractThe plasma-mediated decomposition of volatile organic compounds has previously been investigated in the gas phase with metal oxides as heterogeneous catalysts. While the reactive species in plasma itself are well investigated, very little is known about the influence of metal catalysts in solution. Here, we present initial investigations on the time-dependent plasma-supported oxidation of benzyl alcohol, benzaldehyde and phenol in the presence of molecular iron complexes in solution. Products were identified by HPLC, ESI-MS, FT-IR, and $$^{1}\hbox {H NMR}$$ 1 H NMR spectroscopy. Compared to metal-free oxidation of the substrates, which is caused by reactive oxygen species and leads to a mixture of products, the metal-mediated reactions lead to one product cleanly, and faster than in the metal-free reactions. Most noteworthy, even catalytic amounts of metal complexes induce these clean transformations. The findings described here bear important implications for plasma-supported industrial waste transformations, as well as for plasma-mediated applications in biomedicine, given the fact that iron is the most abundant redox-active metal in the human body.


2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.S. Butler ◽  
D.J. Richardson

Over the last 10 years, during the lifetime of the nitrogen cycle meetings, structural biology, coupled with spectroscopy, has had a major impact of our understanding enzymology of the nitrogen cycle. The three-dimensional structures for many of the key enzymes have now been resolved and have provided a wealth of information regarding the architecture of redox active metal sites, as well as revealing novel structural folds. Coupled with structure-based spectroscopic analysis, this has led to new insight into the reaction mechanisms of the diverse chemical transformations that together cycle nitrogen in the biosphere. An overview of the some of the key developments in field over the last decade is presented.


Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 7977-7990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliya A. Samoylova ◽  
Stanislav M. Avdoshenko ◽  
Denis S. Krylov ◽  
Hannah R. Thompson ◽  
Amelia C. Kirkhorn ◽  
...  

Three instances of the involvement of dioxygen-derived radicals in biological systems are considered. The first concerns the formation of radicals in the haemolytic reactions induced by treatment of erythrocytes by phenylhydrazine, as an example of the so-called ‘oxidant drugs’. The evidence for the formation of phenyl radicals is considered and their origin in the oxidation of phenylhydrazine by a ferryl derivative of haemoglobin postulated. The relevance to the formation of phenylated iron and porphyrin species is described. It is suspected that many instances of oxidative damage to cellular systems result from the coincidence of unsequestered redox-active metal ions (particularly those of iron and copper), reductants, and dioxygen. As an example, the damage to hepatocytes, grown in a culture medium containing cysteine, is described. The formation of radical species derived from dioxygen during the respiratory burst associated with phagocytosis is discussed. A new electrochemical method of detecting the superoxide ion produced during the respiratory burst is described. Particular emphasis is placed on the relation between the production of radical species such as the hydroxyl radical and the superoxide ion, and the extent of phagocytosis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Oktawiec ◽  
Henry Z. H. Jiang ◽  
Jenny G. Vitillo ◽  
Douglas A. Reed ◽  
Lucy E. Darago ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Jyothi R R Krishna ◽  
J. Michael Ahitha Jose ◽  
E.H. Edinsha Gladis ◽  
K. Nagashri ◽  
J. Joseph

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (27) ◽  
pp. 14638-14645 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. H. Oudsen ◽  
B. Venderbosch ◽  
D. J. Martin ◽  
T. J. Korstanje ◽  
J. N. H. Reek ◽  
...  

In [Fe–Fe] hydrogenase mimic systems the ene-1,2-dithiolene ligands play an important role in the stabilisation of the redox-active metal center.


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