The oxygen reduction reaction on [NiFe] hydrogenases

Siyao Qiu; Seth Olsen; Douglas R. Macfarlane; Chenghua Sun

doi:10.1039/c8cp04160a

The oxygen reduction reaction on [NiFe] hydrogenases

Siyao Qiu, Seth Olsen, Douglas R. Macfarlane, Chenghua Sun

School of Chemistry

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Oxygen tolerance capacity is critical for hydrogen oxidation/evolution catalysts. In nature, [NiFe] hydrogenases show excellent O₂-tolerance and can rapidly reactivate the active site. This work aims to understand the reduction of O₂ on the active site of [NiFe] hydrogenases. From the density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the free energy diagram for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has been derived and the rate-determining step is found to be the Ni-B to Ni-SI_b′ step. Our calculation explains the slow reactivation for the Ni-A state compared to the Ni-B state, which is due to the particularly stable structure of the Ni-A state.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23528-23534
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume	20
Issue number	36
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp04160a
Publication status	Published - 24 Aug 2018

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