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Nanotechnology in Electrocatalysis for Energy pp 273–315Cite as

Molecular Complexes in Electrocatalysis for Energy Production and Storage

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The employment of metal complexes as electrocatalysts represents a potentially very important development in the field of energy production and storage. From a practical perspective, a molecular metal complex, soluble in different solvents or easily dispersible on very small surfaces as well as bound to electrodes, but capable of promoting an electrochemical reaction, has the potential advantage to overcome the drawbacks that present the technologies based on metal nanoparticles.

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