The sustainable production of clean energy constitutes one of the most important scientific
challenges of the 21st century. Currently, the major part of the global energy supply is …

As the world's population increases, the US Department of Energy has estimated that energy
consumption will increase with it, increasing from 5.7× 1020 J in 2012 to 8.1× 1020 J in …

The dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell (DSPEC) integrates high bandgap,
nanoparticle oxide semiconductors with the light-absorbing and catalytic properties of …

Inspired by natural processes, there is an enormous interest in light-driven water splitting to
convert solar energy into electrical and chemical energy. This approach is thought to be able …

The development of new and highly efficient strategies for the rapid construction of
complicated molecular structures has huge implications and remains a preeminent goal in …

Ru (bPY):+ has certainly been one of the molecules most extensively studied and most
widely used in research laboratories during the last ten years. A unique combination of …

Traditional homogeneous water oxidation catalysts are plagued by instability under the
reaction conditions. We report that the complex [Co4 (H2O) 2 (PW9O34) 2] 10–, comprising …

Deactivation leads to loss of catalyst activity or selectivity with increasing reaction time, but
has attracted less academic attention in homogeneous catalysis than is justified by its …

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) use low-cost materials, feature tunable molecular
sensitizers, and exhibit quantum efficiencies near unity. These advantageous features can …

Photochemistry has ushered in a new era in the development of chemistry, and photoredox
catalysis has become a hot topic, especially over the last five years, with the combination of …