Fig. 3: Electrochemical hydrogen evolution with 1.

a Titrations of increasing amounts of trifluoracetic acid in a 1 mM N2-saturated MeCN solution of 1. b Plot of variation of Faradaic Efficiencies for the production of H2 on performing controlled potential electrolyses at various potentials. The error bars represent standard error and have been obtained from an average of three trials of bulk electrolysis. c Double-log plot of kobs versus TFA concentration, with a slope of 1.3, indicating a first-order reaction in acid. d Plot of icat vs concentration of 1 obtained at 32.67 mM of TFA in a N2-saturated MeCN solution.