In response to significant developments in sensor science and technology, this book offers insight into the various extended applications and developments of N4 macrocycle complexes in biomimetic electrocatalysis. Chapters are devoted to the chemistry, electronic and electrochemical properties of porphyrin- based polymetallated supramolecular redox catalysts and their applications in analytical and photoelectrochemical molecular devices; the use of porphyrins, phthalocyanines and related complexes as electrocatalysts for the detection of a wide variety of environmentally polluting and biologically relevant molecules; and the use of electropolymerized metalloporphyrin and metallophthalocyanine films as powerful materials for analytical tools, especially for sensing biologically relevant species.

Inhalt
Billion-Year-Old Oxygen Cathode that Actually Works: Respiratory Oxygen Reduction and Its Biomimetic Analogs.- Fundamental Aspects on the Catalytic Activity of Metallomacrocyclics for the Electrochemical Reduction of O2.- Oxygen Reduction in PEM Fuel Cell Conditions: Heat-Treated Non-Precious Metal-N4 Macrocycles and Beyond.- Biomimetic NOx Reductions by Heme Models and Proteins.- Electroreduction of CO2 Catalyzed by Metallomacrocyclics.- Supramolecular Porphyrins as Electrocatalysts.- Electrodes Modified with Monomeric M-N4 Catalysts for the Detection of Environmentally Important Molecules.- Electropolymerized Metalloporphyrin Metallophthalocyanine and Metal Schiff Base Complex Films: Applications to Biomimetic Electrocatalysis and Bioelectroanalysis.- Electron Transfer Processes of ?-Pyrrole Brominated Porphyrins: Structural vs. Electronic Effects.- Photoelectrochemical Reactions at Phthalocyanine Electrodes.- Organisation and Photoelectrochemical Reactivity of Water-Soluble Metalloporphyrins at the Liquid/Liquid Interface.- Theoretical Insights on the Chemical Reactivity of Metalloporphyrins Using Density Functional Theory.- Organized Multiporphyrinic Assemblies for Photoconduction and Electroconduction.- Vibrational Spectra and Surface-Enhanced Vibrational Spectra of Azamacrocycles.