Metal phthalocyanine, a synthetic porphyrin-like compound, has several applications in catalysis. Supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts have attracted increasing attention. In this study, glutaraldehyde (GA) was used for modifying polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers by acetalization to improve the water resistance. Subsequently, cobalt tetra (2,4-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine) aminophthalo-cyanine ...

Oxygen reduction electrocatalysts with low cost and excellent performance are urgently required for large-scale application in fuel cells and metal-air batteries. Though nitrogen-enriched transition metal/graphene hybrids (N-TM/G, TM = Fe, Co, and Ni and related compounds) have been developed as novel substitutes for precious metal catalysts (PMCs) towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), a sig...

Iron(II) phthalocyanine (FePc) deposited onto two different carbonaceous supports was synthesized through an unconventional pyrolysis-free method. The obtained materials were studied in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in neutral media through incorporation in an air-breathing cathode structure and tested in an operating microbial fuel cell (MFC) configuration. Rotating ring disk electrode (...

Several kinds of copper phthalocyanine-based conjugated microporous polymers have been synthesized, which present enhanced long-wavelength photon absorption capability and high efficiency for singlet oxygen generation under low energy light irradiation. This strategy opens a facile avenue towards expanding the scope of phthalocyanine-based porous materials with various internal structures and f...

A Pt-free cathode catalyst is necessary for proton-exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) to enable the widespread use of these environmentally friendly energy conversion devices at affordable price. Herein, a pyrolyzed electrospun carbon nanofibre (CNF) prepared embedded with cobalt(II) phthalocyanine and iron(II) compounds provide transition metal N4-macrocyclic complex-derived sites (MNX) posse...

The demand for new catalysts renewable energy production has become crucial. As an alternative to metal electrocatalysis produce sources, metal-phthalocyanine (MPc) electrocatalysts have shown potential. Their physicochemical and electrochemical properties depend on the chemical structure of MPc central atom. Recent reviews MPcs focused their performance in specific catalytic reactions, such as...