Multimodal Analysis of Light‐Driven Water Oxidation in Nanoporous Block Copolymer Membranes **

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Ulm University Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Kund, Julian;
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1296081338
Affiliation
Friedrich-Schiller University Jena Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry Lessingstraße 8 07743 Jena Germany
Kruse, Jan‐Hendrik;
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Ulm University Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Gruber, Andreas;
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Ulm University Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Trentin, Ivan;
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Ulm University Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Langer, Marcel;
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Ulm University, Central Facility of Electron Microscopy Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Read, Clarissa;
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Ulm University Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Neusser, Gregor;
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Ulm University Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Blaimer, Dominik;
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Ulm University, Central Facility of Electron Microscopy Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Rupp, Ulrich;
Affiliation
Ulm University Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Streb, Carsten;
Affiliation
Ulm University Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Leopold, Kerstin;
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138573719
Affiliation
Friedrich-Schiller University Jena Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry Lessingstraße 8 07743 Jena Germany
Schacher, Felix H.;
ORCID
0000-0002-6001-0580
Affiliation
Ulm University Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Kranz, Christine

Heterogeneous light‐driven catalysis is a cornerstone of sustainable energy conversion. Most catalytic studies focus on bulk analyses of the hydrogen and oxygen evolved, which impede the correlation of matrix heterogeneities, molecular features, and bulk reactivity. Here, we report studies of a heterogenized catalyst/photosensitizer system using a polyoxometalate water oxidation catalyst and a model, molecular photosensitizer that were co‐immobilized within a nanoporous block copolymer membrane. Via operando scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM), light‐induced oxygen evolution was determined using sodium peroxodisulfate (Na 2 S 2 O 8 ) as sacrificial electron acceptor. Ex situ element analyses provided spatially resolved information on the local concentration and distribution of the molecular components. Infrared attenuated total reflection (IR‐ATR) studies of the modified membranes showed no degradation of the water oxidation catalyst under the reported light‐driven conditions.

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