This document summarizes research on using porphyrin nanostructures for artificial photosynthesis applications. Key points include:
- Porphyrin nanotubes and "micro-clovers" self-assemble from ionic interactions between positively and negatively charged porphyrins.
- The nanostructures exhibit light harvesting properties and can generate hydrogen when combined with platinum nanoparticles and an electron donor/acceptor system.
- The morphology of the porphyrin structures can be tuned by varying growth conditions like ionic strength and temperature.
- The researchers propose hybrid artificial photosynthesis systems that combine porphyrin nanostructures with semiconductor nanoparticles to more efficiently split water and generate solar fuels using visible light
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Structures of Solids
The components can be arranged in a regular repeating three-dimensional array (a crystal lattice), which results in a crystalline solid, or more or less randomly to produce an amorphous solid. Crystalline solids have well-defined edges and faces, diffract x-rays, and tend to have sharp melting points
What are the different types of solids?
There are four different types of crystalline solids: molecular solids, network solids, ionic solids, and metallic solids. A solid's atomic-level structure and composition determine many of its macroscopic properties, including, for example, electrical and heat conductivity, density, and solubility.
What makes a solid a solid?
Solids can hold their shape because their molecules are tightly packed together. ... Atoms and molecules in liquids and gases are bouncing and floating around, free to move where they want. The molecules in a solid are stuck in a specific structure or arrangement of atoms.
What are the 2 types of solids?
Solids can be classified into two types: crystalline and amorphous. Crystalline solids are the most common type of solid. They are characterized by a regular crystalline organization of atoms that confer a long-range order.
What are the examples of solids?
Examples of Solids
Gold.
Wood.
Sand.
Steel.
Brick.
Rock.
Copper.
Brass.
What are the 3 characteristics of solids?
A solid has definite volume and shape, a liquid has a definite volume but no definite shape and gas has neither a definite volume nor shape.
...
Solids
Definite shape (rigid)
Definite volume.
Particles vibrate around fixed axes.
How do you describe solids?
A solid is a sample of matter that retains its shape and density when not confined. The adjective solid describes the state, or condition, of matter having this property. The atom s or molecule s of matter in the solid-state are generally compressed as tightly as the repulsive forces among them will allow.
What is the structure of a solid?
In a solid, molecules are packed together, and it keeps its shape. The matter is the "stuff" of the universe, the atoms, molecules, and ions that make up all physical substances. In a solid, these particles are packed closely together and are not free to move about within the substance
What are some properties of solids?
Explanation:
A solid has a definite shape and volume.
Solids, in general, have a higher density.
In solids, intermolecular forces are strong.
The diffusion of a solid into another solid is extremely slow.
Solids have high melting points.
What are the 4 types of structures?
There are four types of structures;
Frame: made of separate members (usually thin pieces) put together.
Shell: encloses or contains its contents.
Solid (mass): made almost entirely of matter.
liquid (fluid): braking fluid making the brakes.
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Structures of Solids
The components can be arranged in a regular repeating three-dimensional array (a crystal lattice), which results in a crystalline solid, or more or less randomly to produce an amorphous solid. Crystalline solids have well-defined edges and faces, diffract x-rays, and tend to have sharp melting points
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There are four different types of crystalline solids: molecular solids, network solids, ionic solids, and metallic solids. A solid's atomic-level structure and composition determine many of its macroscopic properties, including, for example, electrical and heat conductivity, density, and solubility.
What makes a solid a solid?
Solids can hold their shape because their molecules are tightly packed together. ... Atoms and molecules in liquids and gases are bouncing and floating around, free to move where they want. The molecules in a solid are stuck in a specific structure or arrangement of atoms.
What are the 2 types of solids?
Solids can be classified into two types: crystalline and amorphous. Crystalline solids are the most common type of solid. They are characterized by a regular crystalline organization of atoms that confer a long-range order.
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Gold.
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Sand.
Steel.
Brick.
Rock.
Copper.
Brass.
What are the 3 characteristics of solids?
A solid has definite volume and shape, a liquid has a definite volume but no definite shape and gas has neither a definite volume nor shape.
...
Solids
Definite shape (rigid)
Definite volume.
Particles vibrate around fixed axes.
How do you describe solids?
A solid is a sample of matter that retains its shape and density when not confined. The adjective solid describes the state, or condition, of matter having this property. The atom s or molecule s of matter in the solid-state are generally compressed as tightly as the repulsive forces among them will allow.
What is the structure of a solid?
In a solid, molecules are packed together, and it keeps its shape. The matter is the "stuff" of the universe, the atoms, molecules, and ions that make up all physical substances. In a solid, these particles are packed closely together and are not free to move about within the substance
What are some properties of solids?
Explanation:
A solid has a definite shape and volume.
Solids, in general, have a higher density.
In solids, intermolecular forces are strong.
The diffusion of a solid into another solid is extremely slow.
Solids have high melting points.
What are the 4 types of structures?
There are four types of structures;
Frame: made of separate members (usually thin pieces) put together.
Shell: encloses or contains its contents.
Solid (mass): made almost entirely of matter.
liquid (fluid): braking fluid making the brakes.
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1. Cooperative Binary Ionic Solids for
Artificial Photosynthesis of Fuels
John A. Shelnutt, Kathleen E. Martin, Yongming Tian,
Julian Y.-T. Shelnutt, Tito Busani, Zhongchun Wang, Yan Qiu,
John Jacobsen, Craig J. Medforth
Advanced Materials Laboratory
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87106
Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA
Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Yongming
Tian
2. Photosynthesis
6H2O + 6CO2 -------> C6H12O6+ 6O2
• Efficient utilization of solar energy (efficiency is 28% to ATP & NADPH).
– 30% loss of photons in the 400-700 nm range.
• Legacy of evolution explains part of the inefficiency of biological photosynthesis.
• The pigments evolved from pre-photosynthetic molecular machinery – heme biosynthetic pathway.
– Further 32% loss in converting to glucose (9% as sugar); 7-8% sugarcane to biomass.
• Areas for improved efficiency in artificial photosynthesis.
– Capture more of photons in the 400-700 nm range – better or additional pigments.
– Extent spectral range – out to 900 nm.
3. Photosynthetic Pigments
Phycoerythrin
Chlorophyll a & b
• Biosynthesis of chlorophyll is a branch off the evolutionarily much
earlier synthetic pathway for synthesis of related heme proteins.
4. Photosynthetic Reaction Center
• Light-harvesting complex I & II and the photosynthetic reaction center
– site of charge separation.
5. Photosynthetic Reaction Center
OEC
• Light-harvesting complex I & II and the photosynthetic reaction center
– site of charge separation.
6. Reaction Center
3 ps
e-
<1 ps
200 ps
<10 s
• ~100% efficient charge separation.
7. Light Harvesting
100-200 fs
35 ps
3-5 ps
• Rapid energy transfer among light-harvesting proteins
and into reaction center.
8. Chlorosomes
• Chlorosomes of green bacteria are the most
efficient light-harvesting structures known.
Chlorosomes
100 nm
9. Photosystems of Green Bacteria
Freeze-fracture
Chlorosomal
Bacteriochlorophyll TEM image of BChl-
rods
c aggregates from
Chl. vibrioforme
NCIB 8327 C
(from Saga et al. J.
Biosci. Bioeng.
2006, 102, 118-
123.)
Chlorosomes and
chlorosomal rods:
Light-harvesting is done
by the chlorosomal rods,
which are composed of
100 nm self-assembled bacterio-
chlorophyll molecules.
• These organisms use bacteriochlorophyll nanostructures light harvesting.
• Most efficient biological light-harvesting structures known.
10. Biomimetic Water-splitting Devices
Using Porphyrin Pigments
N
N X N
N M N h
N X' N Light
Harvesting
Porphyrin Antenna
N Pt
H2 O H2
CatOx D Receptor A CatRed
O2, H+ H+
e- e- e- e-
D = EDTA
Receptor = AA =
Chlorophyll COOH
+ +
A= MV2+ = H3C N N CH3
Monodisperse Porphyrin Nanospheres Synthesized by Coordination Polymerization, Wang, Z.; Lybarger, L. E.; Wang, W.;
Medforth, C. J.; Miller, J. E.; Shelnutt, J. A., Nanotechnology 2008, 19, 395604.
11. Porphyrin Nanospheres
Cl Cl
Pt
Cl Cl
N 100 nm
Cl Cl N Cl N Cl Cl
Pt N Sn N Pt
Cl Cl N Cl N Cl Cl
N Cl Cl
Cl Cl Cl Cl Pt
Pt Pt Cl Cl
Cl Cl Cl Cl
N N N
Cl Cl N Cl N Cl Cl N Cl N Cl Cl N Cl N Cl Cl
Pt N Sn N Pt N Sn N Pt N Sn N Pt
Cl Cl N Cl N Cl Cl N Cl N Cl Cl N Cl N Cl Cl
N
Cl Cl
Pt
Cl Cl
Cl
N
Cl
Cl Pt Cl
N
N
Cl Cl
Pt
Cl Cl 300 nm
Cl
Cl Cl N N Cl Cl
Pt N Sn N Pt
Cl Cl N Cl N Cl Cl
Cl
Cl
N
Pt
Cl
Cl
• Porphyrin nanospheres prepared from
SnTPyP-coordination polymer.
• Structure of the porphyrin
• TEM image of platinized nanospheres
coordination polymer, in this
prepared by chemical reduction by 0.1 M
case polymerized by Pt4+
NaBH4 and the structure of the
ions.
coordination polymer.
12. Energetics of Energy Trapping and Electron
Transfer by Anthracene Carboxylic Acid
S1
S2
S1
X e
T1
Triplet-triplet transfer
T1
X +
H3C N
+
N CH3
3.0 eV 2.0 eV 3.2 eV
1.8 eV 1.8 eV
S0 S0
N
N X N
N M N
N X' N
COOH
N
14. H2-production using platinized porphyrin
nanospheres for light harvesting
½ H2 + MV2+ 30
H+ + MV +.
25
Hydrogen ( mol)
Platinum
particles
MV2+ 20
15
3AA–*
AA 10
5
AA– EDTAox
0
SnT(4-Py)P spheres EDTA 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Irradiation time (min)
• H2 evolution by the platinized nanospheres.
• C = anthracene carboxylic acid, D = EDTA, the electron donor, A = MV2+
(methylviologen), the primary acceptor.
• Reduced methylviologen generates H2 at the surface of the Pt nanoparticles.
15. Solar Fuels Approaches
Artificial Photosynthesis:
Porphyrin nanostructure Light
serves as light-harvesting h Harvesting
Antenna
array--bioinspired approach.
H2 O H2
CatOx D Receptor A CatRed
O2, H+ H+
e- e- e- e-
H2
Two Optimized Photocatalysts: Visible light CB e- Pt
Porphyrin nanostructure can CB e- Rred H+
serves as one of the Visible light
photocatalysts (semiconductors). R h+ VB
H2 O h+ VB Electron relay
O2, H+ H2O oxidation H2O reduction
• Two types of water-splitting nanodevice designs.
• Are hybrid solar fuels devices using porphyrin nanostructures possible?
16. Binary Nanostructures from Ionic
Self-Assembly of Porphyrins
SO3- H
+
N
N N N N
+
N+
- H - IV
O 3S H
SO3 H N Sn H
N N N N
- N+
SO3 H
H4TPPS4 SnIVTPyP
• Porphyrin analogs of chlorophyll
17. Porphyrin Nanotubes
• Formed by ionic self-assembly
70 nm
Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) images of porphyrin
nanotubes on holey carbon TEM grid.
18. Small Diameter Porphyrin Nanotubes
5 0 n m
x80000
N N
N X N N N X N
N SnIV N SnIV
N X N N
N X N
N
N
• Replacing SnT(4-Py)P with SnT(3-Py)P gives nanotubes of about half
the diameter (60 to 30 nm). SnT(2-Py)P does not give nanotubes.
• Co, Fe, V, and Ti porphyrins also form nanotubes.
19. Optical Properties of Porphyrin Nanotubes
Monomer-like Soret
bands
A J-aggregate bands
b
s
o
r
b
a
n
c
e
200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Wavelength (nm)
UV-visible absorption spectrum of Porphyrin nanotubes in transmitted white
porphyrin nanotubes composed of light (left) and viewed perpendicular to a
SnTPyP and H4TPPS. beam of white light (right).
• Resonance light scattering gives the bright green color.
20. Resonance Raman spectroscopy: Sn porphyrins
do not participate in J-aggregation
Monomer-like band resonance J-band resonance
4 b
a 2 H4TPPS4 4
413.1 nm 2
SnT4PyP
496.5 nm
Raman Intensity (arb. units)
Raman Intensity (arb. units)
SnT4PyP
413.1 nm H4TPPS4
496.5 nm
Nanotubes
413.1 nm
Nanotubes
496.5 nm
Nanotubes
406.7 nm Nanotubes
* 501.7 nm
1300 1400 1500 1600 1300 1400 1500 1600
-1 -1
Frequency (cm ) Frequency (cm )
Excitation at resonance with the J-band yields only
features of TPPS Raman spectrum.
Franco, R.; Jacobsen, J.; Wang, H.; Wang, Z.; Istvan, K.; Schore, N. E.; Song, Y.;
Medforth, C. J.; Shelnutt, J. A., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 4072–4077.
21. Photocatalytic Solar H2 Cell
Visible light H2
CB e- Pt
Visible light
CB e- Rred H+
R h+ VB
H2O h+ VB Electron relay
O2, H+ H2O oxidation H2O reduction
• Two-step photocatalytic water splitting, with small band gap semiconductors
optimized for the O2 or H2 half-reactions—maximum solar efficiency = 41%.
• Uses entire visible light spectrum, not just UV as in a typical single-photocatalyst
device (e.g., one based on TiO2).
• Usually uses two types of semiconductor nanoparticles and a solution redox
couple.
22. Porphyrin nanotube-Pt composites
• Platinum
nanoparticles on
outer surface of
porphyrin nanotubes. 100 nm
• Add ascorbic acid as an electron donor and the
platinized tubes produce hydrogen in the presence
of light, but works only for a few minutes.
23. H2 Generation by Platinized Porphyrin Nanotubes
• Platinum catalyzes H2O reduction to H2 using electrons from
the SnP anion generated by the photocycle.
24. Hybrid Artificial Photosynthesis Systems
Zn Porphyrin CBI electron donor-acceptor
h h
Electron Donor nanostructure
D
H2
e- Dox
Pt H2
H+ Visible light h+ e-
H2
D
e- h+
CB e- Pt e-
Pt H+
Visible light
CB e-- Rred H+
D ox Sn Porphyrin Electron Acceptor
R
Electron relay h+ VB
+
H2O h+ VB Electron relay
O2, H+ H2O oxidation H2O reduction
• Two-semiconductor device using a donor-acceptor binary
ionic porphyrin nanostructure as one of the photocatalysts.
25. Binary Materials for Solar Fuels Applications
Self-organizing Cooperative Binary Ionic (CBI) Solids:
• Tunable with multiple functionalities SEM
• Crystalline molecular packing order
• High surface area
• High visible and UV light absorptivities
• Exciton and charge carrier mobilities
• Catalytic functionality
NaCl
Segregated Stacking: Interleaved Stacking:
Columns of positive and negative Usually leads to insulators.
charges at corners of the porphyrin
molecules.
e -
• SEM image of CBI ‘micro-clovers’ composed of
n-type and p-type porphyrins—SnTPPS and
ZnT(N-EtOH-Py)P.
The microscale clovers are composed of
porphyrin molecules with electron donor
and acceptor characteristics. Such
structures can lead to conductors,
Acceptor Donor semiconductors, superconductors, and
photochemical properties that are useful
in many applications such as solar
energy harvesting and conversion.
SnTPPS ZnT(N-EtOH-Py)P
26. Porphyrin ‘Micro-clovers’
• SEM, TEM, and confocal fluorescence microscope images of porphyrin ‘micro-clovers’ formed by ionic self-
assembly of two porphyrins, one of which is photocatalytic—Sn tetra(sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (SnTPPS) and
Zn tetra(N-ethanol-pyridinium)porphyrin (ZnT(N-EtOHPy)P).
• Fluorescence micrograph shows regio-specific emission from one of the ‘clovers’.
27. Microclovers at various times during growth
a b
c d
• SEM images of the SnTPPS and ZnT(N-EtOH-4-Py)P microclovers sampled at various
times during growth: 30 seconds (a), 5 minutes (b), 30 minutes (c), and 2 hours (d).
• Suggests clover-like dendritic growth by diffusion limited crystallization.
28. Ionic Strength Alters Morphology
Sn/Zn clovers: SnTPPS-ZnT(N-EtOHPy)P
• Increasing NaCl 5 mM 10 mM
concentration makes
clovers smoother,
15 mM 20 mM
• But with increasing
disorder in the clover-like
morphology.
5 mM 10 mM 15 mM 20 mM
29. Effect of Growth Temperature on Morphology
• Growth temperature dependence of SnTPPS4- and ZnT(N-EtOH-4-Py)P4+ structures.
• SEM images obtained for growth at 10 C (blue), 23 C (green), 60 C (gold), and 80
C (pink).
30. Metals can be interchanged without
drastically altering morphology
Switching metals in the porphyrins still gives clover-like morphology.
SnTPPS & ZnT(NEtOHPy)P gives microclovers with Switching metals (ZnTPPS & SnT(NEtOHPy)P) between
‘stems’. (SEM image) porphyrins also gives microclovers but without the
‘stems’. (SEM image)
• Switching metals puts donor and acceptor molecules in channels of opposite charge.
• Biomorphic shape of the porphyrin ‘four-leaf clovers’ may result partly from the
flexibility of the N-ethanol substituents or porphyrin-based impurities.
31. Family of Morphologies:
Zn/Sn clovers
ZnTPPS SnTNEtOHPyP
• Zn/Sn clovers at 10 , 20 , 40 , 60 , 80 C.
32. Clovers Extended Family
ZnTPPS SnTNEtOHPyP Growth temperatures:
20 C 60 C 80 C
Zn/Sn ‘clovers’
Sn/Zn ‘clovers’
10 C 20 C 40 C 60 C 80 C
• A common family of dendritic four-fold symmetric morphologies is obtained by
growing at different temperatures.
• Changing the metals in the porphyrins merely shifts the temperature at which a
particular morphology grows.
• Similar family of structures for other metal combinations.
• Structures form by diffusion limited crystallization.
33. Same metals in both porphyrins give a
different type CBI material (redox pairs).
SnTPPS & SnT(NEtOHPy)P) also gives ZnTPPS & ZnT(NEtOHPy)P give clover-like
microclovers with stems (SEM image). dendritic structures (SEM image).
• Still get clover-like structures.
• Porphyrin redox potentials are different because of substituents.
34. Clover crystal structures are similar for all
glass vs Col 2
combinations of Zn and Sn in these porphyrins
300
800 1600 800
Si 250 Glass substrate
Intensity
200
1200
Intensity
150
600 600 100
800
50
Intensity
Intensity
400 0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
400 400 2Theta
0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
2 Theta (degrees) Zn/Zn
200
Zn/Sn 200
Sn/Zn Sn/Sn
0 0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
2 (degrees) 2 (degrees)
• XRD data obtained for dry room-temperature samples on glass or Si substrates.
• Highly crystalline (narrow peaks) when grown at elevated temperatures (not shown).
35. Metals can be substituted to alter properties
Sn/Zn Zn/Sn
Sn/Sn Zn/Zn
Mn/Zn Zn/Co
2.0 m 2.0 m
• Similar morphologies for 6-coordinate metals, TPPS/TNEtOHPyP combinations.
• Mn(III) and Co(III) likely have OH- as one of the axial ligands
36. Zn/Co CBI family of structures
a b c
d e f
• Zn/Co clovers (metals in the porphyrins in Fig. 1) prepared at different
temperatures (a-f): 10 , 20 , 40 , 50 , 60 , and 80 C, respectively.
• ZnTPPS/CoT(NEtOH-4-Py)P.
37. Altering the porphyrin substituents SnT(NMePy)P
SnT(NEtOHPy)P
changes the morphology.
Zn/Sn microclovers (ZnTPPS & SnT(NEtOHPy)P) Substituting Me for EtOH as the N-pyridyl
SEM image. substituent group (i.e., ZnTPPS & SnT(NMePy)P
gives a different morphology – nano-sheets (SEM).
• Drying gives crack pattern for ZnTPPS/SnT(NMePy)P nanosheets (but not for the wet sheets).
• ZnTPPS/SnT(NMePy)P gives crystals that may be large enough for single-crystal structure
determination (in progress at synchrotron with UC Davis).
38. Energetics: Water Splitting
• Sn porphyrin is acceptor; Zn porphyrin is donor.
• Sn porphyrin gives reductive cycle; Zn porphyrin gives oxidative cycle.
39. Electrostatic Channels in CBI Solids
e -
h+ h+
With segregated stacking, the four
charged groups at the corners of the
porphyrin rings form electrostatic
channels for formation and transfer
of free charge carriers.
By switching the metals, we can
make a material that has the
acceptor in either the positive or
negative channel.
40. Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell
ITO
Bulk Heterojunction h+ PEDOT
Active Layer
e- BCP
Al
Acceptor Stacks
• Can we make solar devices
from a solid that has the
nanoscale interpenetrating
donor and acceptor
channels, e.g., the
Donor Stacks e- heterojunction active layer of
an organic solar cell?
41. Zn/Sn clovers show J-aggregate bands.
Monomer-like
Absorbance
bands
J-aggregate bands
200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Wavelength
• UV-visible absorption spectra of a suspension of the Zn/Sn clovers (green),
and the constituent porphyrins ZnTPPS (blue) and SnIVT(N-EtOH-4-Py)P (red).
42. Photoconductivity of Zn/Sn Microclovers
Dark
Light
AFM image (Inset: SEM) and I-V curves for ZnTPPS & SnT(NEtOHPy)P microclovers (CINT/CHTM).
Donor-Acceptor Biomorphs from the Ionic Self-assembly of Porphyrins, Martin, K. E.; Wang, Z.; Busani, T.; Garcia, R. M.; Chen, Z.; Jiang, Y.; Song, Y.;
Jacobsen, J. L.; Vu, T. T.; Schore, N. E.; Swartzentruber, B. S.; Medforth, C. J.; Shelnutt, J. A., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, ASAP articles on web.
43. Nanomanipulator conductivity measurements
Clover
ZnTPPS
• No dark current detected either in-
Donor
plane or through the clover .
• Nanomanipulator is being modified
SnT(N-EtOHPy)P to provide visible light illumination
capability for photoconductivity
Acceptor measurements.
T. Busani (UNL), B. Swartzentruber, CINT/SNL.
44. Growth of Metal Nanostructures by Photocatalytic
Reduction of Aqueous Metal Ions by Porphyrins
N N
IV
Sn
N N
SnOEP
• Metal ions are continually reduced to metal and
deposited near the tin-porphyrin molecule.
45. Photo-initiated Processes Leading to
Metal Ion (Au+) Reduction for the Zn/Sn clovers
h
Au+
h Au+
Zn Porphyrin Donor
Au+
Au+
Au0 Au0 Au+
Au+ h+
e
D e h+
e D
Pt2+
Dox Dox
Sn Porphyrin Acceptor
• Three of the four processes are illustrated.
46. Zn/Sn Clover Photocatalytic
Reduction of Gold(I) Thiosulfate
• After 14 hours in dark • After 15 minutes in white light
• No reduction in dark reaction.
• Concentration of gold nanoparticles at periphery of the clovers (where charging
is seen in the SEM images)
47. Zn/Sn Clover Photocatalytic
Reduction of Gold(I) Thiourea
• SEM images of Zn/Sn CBI 20 ⁰C structures showing the reduction of aqueous Au(I) thiourea
complex by after 1 hour in the dark (a) and after 1 hour of exposure to white light.
• No gold metal is observed for the dark reaction.
• Gold particles are mostly at the edges of the clovers.
48. Reduction of Platinum Complex
Chemical reduction with ascorbic acid
OH
O
Pt2+ + AA Pt0 + AAox O
slow
OH
HO OH
by photocatalytic reduction AA
N N SnP + h → SnP*
SnIV
N N
SnP* + AA → SnP · + AAox
2SnP · + Pt2+ → 2SnP + Pt0
SnOEP
by autocatalytic reduction
Pt0
Pt2+ + AA Pt0 + AAox
fast
49. Photocatalytic Pt Reduction by Zn/Sn Clovers
70 C structure,
3-hr reaction
time
1-hr
reaction
time
Dark Light
50. H2 Generation by Platinized Porphyrin Nanotubes
• Platinum catalyzes H2O reduction to H2 using electrons from
the SnP anion generated by the photocycle.
51. Hydrogen Generation with the Zn/Sn Clovers
h
h
Zn Porphyrin Light-
Harvesting Donor
D
H2
e- Dox
Pt H2
h+ e-
H+ D e- h+ e- Pt
H+
Dox
Sn Porphyrin Light-
Harvesting Acceptor
• Three of the four energy/electron-transfer processes are shown.
• Hydrogen has been produced for at least 2 hours by the
platinized Zn/Sn clovers (20 C) without added relay.
53. CO2 Reduction Reactions
o
E (Volts vs. NHE)
pH 0 pH 7 pH 14
0.197 Ag/AgCl, KCl (sat'd) 0.197 0.197
+0.169 CO2 (g) + 8H+ + 8e- CH4(g) + 2H2O -0.24 -0.65
+0.030 CO2 (g) + 6H+ + 6e- CH3OH(aq) + H2O -0.38 -0.79
0 2H+ + 2e- H2 -0.41 -0.82
-0.071 CO2 (g) + 4H+ + 4e- HCHO(aq) + H2O -0.48 -0.89
-0.103 CO2 (g) + 2H+ + 2e- CO + H2O -0.52 -0.93
-0.199 CO2 (g) + 2H+ + 2e- HCOOH(aq) -0.61 -1.02
-0.475 2CO2 (g) + 2H+ + 2e- H2C2O4 -0.888 -1.29
• Standard potentials for CO2 reduction half-reactions
• Work with Kevin Leung has identified a viable mechanism for CO2 reduction
in aqueous environments.
54. Photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction
-0.0250
-0.0200
Current (A)
Ar
-0.0150
CO2
-0.0100
CO2 + Light
-0.0050
0.0000
0.0000 -0.2000 -0.4000 -0.6000 -0.8000 -1.0000 -1.2000 -1.4000 -1.6000 -1.8000
Potential (V)
CoTPP & SnTPP on GDL35BC electrode in KHCO3
room temperature.
55. Solar Conversion of CO2 to CO
Zn Porphyrin Light Harvesting Antenna
• Photocatalytic CO2 reduction
CO
h
H2O CO2
e-
CatOx D h+ e-
O2, H+ Co porphyrin CO2
reduction catalyst
e- e-
(NHE)
Zn/Co CBI photocatalyst-CO2 reduction catalysts
ZnP*/P+ Co(II)/Co(I)P
h CO2/CO H2O/H2
e-
e-
Redox Potential
(pH7)
E = 1.75 eV
H2O/O2
(pH7) e-
ZnP/P+
CBI materials
Energetics of photoassisted
electrochemical reduction of CO2
56. Thank you for your attention.
• Department of Energy, Basic Energy
Sciences, Materials Sciences
• LDRD, Sandia National Laboratories
57. Electron Donor with CO2 Reduction Catalyst
ZnTPPS – light harvesting, photocatalysis
CoT(4-NEtOHPy)P – CO2 reduction catalysis
58. Zn/Co CBI structures
a b c
d e f
• Zn/Co clovers (metals in the porphyrins in Fig. 1) prepared at different temperatures
(a-f): 10 , 20 , 40 , 50 , 60 , and 80 C, respectively.
• ZnTPPS/CoT(NEtOH-4-Py)P.
59. CBI structures with other functionalities:
Nanostars
T(4-NMePy)P (light harvesting) and
FeTPPS (catalysis, electron transport)
63. Growth of Platinum in Micelles
and Liposomes
Globular
Dendrites
+ Pt complex
10 nm
N Cl N
Sn
N Cl N
+ Ascorbic acid
SnOEP O
CH2 O C CH2(CH2)15CH3
O
Size
CO2H
CO2H
CH2 O C CH2(CH2)15CH3
HO2C control CO2H CH2 O
O
P
-
CH3
+
OCH2CH2N CH3
Dendritic
O
N Cl
Sn
N
DSPC
CH3
Sheets
•Growth of Pt on liposomes gives 2-nm
N Cl N
HO2C CO2H
thick dendritic sheets.
HO2C
CO2H
SnUroP
64. Size Control by Variation of Photocatalyst
Concentration
TEM image
X
1 mM K2PtCl4
23.3 M SnOEP
65. Control of Sheet Size by Porphyrin Concentration
2 mM K2PtCl4
1.6 M SnOEP
TEM HAADF STEM
66. Spherical Shells of Platinum ‘Daisies’
Photocatalytic control of the
number and size of Pt
dendritic sheets leads to
joined small (~10 nm)
dendritic sheets (“Pt daisies”)
to form rigid spherical shells.
67. Platinum Nanosheets
b c
50 nm 30 nm
• Dendritic 1-2-nm thick platinum sheets.
• Diameter can be photocatalytically
controlled by light exposure.
68. Platinum foam-like nanoballs
NanoCoral® (Compass Metals)
• 10 second light exposure
• Dendritic platinum sheets grown on liposomes (1:1 DSPC to cholesterol).
• Song, Y.; Steen, W. A.; Peña, D.; Jiang, Y.-B.; Medforth, C. J.; Huo, Q.; Pincus, J. L.;
Qiu,Y.; Sasaki, D. Y.; Miller, J. E.; Shelnutt, J. A., Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 2335-2346.
69. Curved Dendritic Pt Nanosheets
High-resolution SEM image
Grown within bilayers of aggregated unilamellar liposomes.
71. A Water-splitting Nanodevice?
• A proposed
water-splitting
nanodevice based on
porphyrin nanotubes.
• Energy and electron
transfer in the
nanotubes is necessary
for efficient water
splitting.
• H2 evolution from
platinized porphyrin
nanotubes has been
demonstrated.
Solar hydrogen cell
72. Nanodevice Energetics
• Energetics of the
water-splitting
nanostructure.
• The redox potentials
given are for pH 0.
• Platinized nanotubes
evolve hydrogen at
pH 2 with a sacrificial
electron donor
(ascorbic acid).
73. A Water-splitting Nanodevice
• Can we construct a
water-splitting
nanodevice using
the porphyrin
nanotubes own
photoactivity and
self- assembly?
Solar hydrogen cell
74. Solar Water-Splitting Approaches
Visible light H2
CB e- Pt
Porphyrin nanostructure Visible light
serves as a photocatalyst CB e- Rred H+
(semiconductor). R h+ VB
H2 O h+ VB Electron relay
O2, H+ H2O oxidation H2O reduction
Porphyrin nanostructure
Light
serves as light-harvesting Harvesting
array--bioinspired h
Antenna
approach.
H2 O H2
CatOx D Receptor A CatRed
O2, H+ H+
e- e- e- e-
• Two types of water-splitting nanodevice designs.
75. Porphyrin Nanorod Bundles
SO3-
500 nm
N N
- H
O 3S H
SO3-
N N
Me
+
N SO3-
N N
+
30 nm Me N Sn N+ Me
N N
• SEM and TEM images of porphyrin nanorod bundles prepared
by ionic self-assembly of aqueous solutions of H2TPPS44- and
Sn(OH)2TNMePyP4+ using different solution protocols. N+
Me
76. Photo-initiated Processes Leading to
Platinum Reduction for the Zn/Sn clovers
h
Pt2+
Zn Porphyrin Pt2+
Light-Harvesting h
Donor
Pt2+
Pt2+
e- Pt Pt2+
Pt
Pt2+ h+
e-
D e- h+ e- D
Pt2+
Dox Dox
Sn Porphyrin
Light-Harvesting Acceptor
• Three of the four processes are illustrated.
77. SnTPPS and ZnT(N-EtOHPy)P: Biomorphs
Complex structures like
these microscale
porphyrin ‘four-leaf
clovers’ result from ZnT(N-EtOHPy)P4+
ionic self assembly of Four-leaf micro-
these oppositely clovers are
charged porphyrin complete with
rings. ‘stems’, ‘leaves’,
and ‘veins’.
Sn(OH-)2TPPS-4
78. Ionic Strength Alters Morphology
SnTPPS-ZnT(N-EtOHPy)P Clovers
0 mM 5 mM 10 mM
• Increasing NaCl 15 mM 20 mM
concentration makes
clovers smoother,
• but with increasing
disorder in the clover-like
morphology.
5 mM 10 mM 15 mM 20 mM
79. A New Type of Solid
Cooperative Binary Ionic (CBI) Nanomaterials: SEM
• Composed of two large organic molecular (porphyrin) ions.
• Organic parts of + and - ions have complementary properties
(e.g., donors and acceptors).
• Ionic interactions control composition and crystalline
packing structure.
• Cooperativity and synergism between the organic parts
independently determine their functional properties.
The microscale clovers
are composed of donor
ZnT(N-EtOH-Py)P
and acceptor
porphyrins. Such
structures can lead to
conductors, semiconduc
tors, superconductors, a
Donor SnTPPS nd photochemical
properties that are
Segregated stacking of useful in many
porphyrins, with positive and applications such as
negative charges at the corners of solar energy harvesting
Acceptor
the donor (blue) and acceptor (pink) and utilization.
molecules.
80. Clovers Extended Family
Growth temperatures:
10 C 20 C 40 C 60 C 80 C
Zn/Sn ‘clovers’
Sn/Zn ‘clovers’
20 C 60 C 80 C
• Changing the metals in the porphyrins merely shifts the
temperature at which a particular morphology grows.
81. Altering the porphyrin substituents
changes the morphology.
SnTPPS & SnT(NEtOHPy)P gives microclovers (SEM Changing from the N-ethanol to N-H pyridinium
image). porphyrin derivative (i.e., SnTPPS & SnT(HPy)P at pH 2)
gives a different morphology – nano-raisins (SEM).
• Shape changes from clover to raisin by simply changing the ionic substituent
on one of the porphyrins.
• Charge on the Sn(IV) ion also changes with pH.
82. Solar Conversion of CO2 to CO
• ElectrocatalyticElectrodes 2 reduction
CO Co/TPP
CO
M edium/Low Loadings vs Blanks
2
• Photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction
30 0.5M NaHCO3 100
90
CoTPP #1 0.5
(KHCO3) -0.0250
CoTPP #3 0.5
80 mg/CS2 (KHCO3)
CO Conversion
70 CoTPP #3 [CS2]
25 60
(KOH)
Graphite Blank 50
CoTPP #2 5.0
(KOH) -0.0200
Graphite/Py ridine Blank 40 CoTPP #1 [py]
(KOH)
Co/TPP Medium Loading 30
20
Co/TPP Low Loading 20 Ar
10 -0.0150
Current (A)
CO2
I, mAmp s/cm2
0
-0.85 -1.05 -1.25 -1.45
15 E (V)
-0.0100 CO2 + Light
10
-0.0050
5
0.0000
0
0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1.0 -1.2 -1.4 -1.6 -1.8 0.0000 -0.5000 -1.0000 -1.5000 -2.0000
ECO , Volts vs. Ag/AgCl
2 Potential (V)
Comparison of 0.7 mg ( ) CoTPP vs. 0.375 mg ( ) CoTPP & SnTPP on GDL35BC electrode in KHCO3
CoTPP loaded onto 2.5 cm2 electrode. room temperature.
• Photocatalytic CO2 reduction
(NHE) Zn/Co CBI photocatalyst-CO2
reduction catalysts
Nanodevice for solar CO2 conversion to CO
Zn Porphyrin Light Harvesting Antenna
ZnP*/P+ Co(II)/Co(I)P
h CO2/CO H2O/H2 CO
e-
e- h
Redox Potential
(pH7)
E = 1.75 eV H2O CO2
H2O/O2 e-
(pH7) e-
ZnP/P+
CatOx D h+ e-
O2, H+
e- e-
CBI materials Energetics of photoassisted Co porphyrin CO2
electrochemical reduction of CO2 reduction catalyst
Editor's Notes
Growing a particular CBI structure at different temperatures give different, but related morphologies.Different CBI materials (i.e., Sn/Zn and Zn/Sn materials) give the same morphology, but at different growth temperatures.Example: Zn/Sn clovers obtained at 80 ○C have the same morphology as the Sn/Zn clovers obtained at room temperature.Changing the growth temperature changes like the diffusion rate and solubility of the CBI materials. These parameters alter the diffusion limited crystal growth processes that produce these snowflake-like CBI structures.
Most important, the properties of the of the CBI structures can be selected by choice of metals—without significantly altering the molecularpacking. Nature of metals in cores has little influence on the crystal structure and morphology. The metals in the core macrocycles determine their individual optoelectronic or catalytic properties. A variety of binary combinations of metals can be coupled in the CBI materials to provide a range of opto-electronic and catalytic functions of the CBI materials.For example, the Zn/Sn clovers are photoconductors.
The Zn/Sn clovers, already shown to be photoconductive, are also photocatalytic.When irradiated with visible light, the photocatalytic reduction of platinum complex to Pt metal initiates the growth of many seed nanoparticles that continue to grow dendritically by photocatalytic and autocatalytic reduction of Pt complex and oxidation of ascorbic acid.This is important because we can use the CBI nanostructures own photocatalytic properties to generate CBI structure-metal nanocomposites that are required for our artificial photosynthesis system.Under the same solution conditions and light exposure, the CBI structure should harvest the light energy to photocatalytically reduce water to hydrogen in the absence of the Pt complex.Although hydrogen is required for Fischer-Tropsch reaction to produce liquid fuels, it is not the main target of our artificial photosynthesis system.Photocatalytic activity allows us the add nanoscale metal components as electronic conductors or catalysts—CBI nanostructure-metal nanocomposites
Electrochemical CO2 reduction:Off and on for a several decades, we have been investigating electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO using cobalt porphyrin electrocatalysts. CO is an important and valuable intermediate to the production of carbon-based liquid fuels. For example, the Fischer-Tropsch reaction uses CO and H2 as feedstocks to produce methane, methanol, and higher hydrocarbon fuels.We have also been using Sn porphyrins and Sn porphyrin nanostructures to photosynthesize H2 using visible light, giving us both of the feedstocks for the Fischer-Tropsch reaction. The Co porphyrin was simply adsorbed onto carbon gas diffusion electrodes in a polycrystalline form. The thermodynamic potential for the reaction: CO2 (g) + 2H+ + 2e- -> CO + H2O is -0.52 V (NHE) or -0.75 V (Ag/AgCl).The current voltage curve for the reaction shows that the reaction requires a potential of at least ‑0.75 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) to reduce CO2 almost exclusively to CO. The current efficiency for the CO2 (g) + 2H+ + 2e- -> CO + H2O reaction can be as high as 80%. Photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction:For our nanoengineeredCoTPP-modified gas diffusion electrodes, a visible light-induced increase in catalysis is observed but the potential at which reduction occurs is virtually unchanged.Adding SnTPP (photocatalyst) to the CoTPP electrode does not have a significant effect. Photocatalytic CO2 reduction:Apparently requires better coupling between the photocatalyst (SnP, ZnP) and the CO2-reduction catalyst (CoP).Our quantum computation studies have identified low energy intermediates of the reaction and point to a Co(I)-CO2 complex as the active species when in an aqueous environment. The reaction can be photoassisted by coupling a photoexcited electron donor with the Co porphyrin catalyst. The excited electron donor should be able to reduce Co(III) porphyrin to the Co(I) species for solar assisted CO2 reduction.Need better coupling of harvested solar energy with chemical catalysts.
Electrochemical CO2 reduction:Off and on for a several decades, we have been investigating electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO using cobalt porphyrin electrocatalysts. CO is an important and valuable intermediate to the production of carbon-based liquid fuels. For example, the Fischer-Tropsch reaction uses CO and H2 as feedstocks to produce methane, methanol, and higher hydrocarbon fuels.We have also been using Sn porphyrins and Sn porphyrin nanostructures to photosynthesize H2 using visible light, giving us both of the feedstocks for the Fischer-Tropsch reaction. The Co porphyrin was simply adsorbed onto carbon gas diffusion electrodes in a polycrystalline form. The thermodynamic potential for the reaction: CO2 (g) + 2H+ + 2e- -> CO + H2O is -0.52 V (NHE) or -0.75 V (Ag/AgCl).The current voltage curve for the reaction shows that the reaction requires a potential of at least ‑0.75 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) to reduce CO2 almost exclusively to CO. The current efficiency for the CO2 (g) + 2H+ + 2e- -> CO + H2O reaction can be as high as 80%. Photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction:For our nanoengineeredCoTPP-modified gas diffusion electrodes, a visible light-induced increase in catalysis is observed but the potential at which reduction occurs is virtually unchanged.Adding SnTPP (photocatalyst) to the CoTPP electrode does not have a significant effect. Photocatalytic CO2 reduction:Apparently requires better coupling between the photocatalyst (SnP, ZnP) and the CO2-reduction catalyst (CoP).Our quantum computation studies have identified low energy intermediates of the reaction and point to a Co(I)-CO2 complex as the active species when in an aqueous environment. The reaction can be photoassisted by coupling a photoexcited electron donor with the Co porphyrin catalyst. The excited electron donor should be able to reduce Co(III) porphyrin to the Co(I) species for solar assisted CO2 reduction.Need better coupling of harvested solar energy with chemical catalysts.