Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts

B Zhang, L Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular catalysis plays an essential role in both natural and artificial photosynthesis (AP).
However, the field of molecular catalysis for AP has gradually declined in recent years …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial photosynthesis: molecular systems for catalytic water oxidation

MD Karkas, O Verho, EV Johnston… - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
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 …

O–O bond formation mechanisms during the oxygen evolution reaction over synthetic molecular catalysts

XP Zhang, HY Wang, H Zheng, W Zhang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water oxidation is one of the most important reactions in natural and artificial energy
conversion schemes. In nature, solar energy is converted to chemical energy via water …

Highly efficient bioinspired molecular Ru water oxidation catalysts with negatively charged backbone ligands

L Duan, L Wang, F Li, F Li, L Sun - Accounts of Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The oxygen evolving complex (OEC) of the natural photosynthesis system II
(PSII) oxidizes water to produce oxygen and reducing equivalents (protons and electrons) …

Homogeneous electrocatalytic water oxidation at neutral pH by a robust macrocyclic nickel (II) complex

M Zhang, MT Zhang, C Hou, ZF Ke… - Angewandte Chemie, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The development of an earth‐abundant, first‐row water oxidation catalyst that operates at
neutral pH and low overpotential remains a fundamental chemical challenge. Herein, we …

Homogeneous Photochemical Water Oxidation by Biuret-Modified Fe-TAML: Evidence of FeV(O) Intermediate

C Panda, J Debgupta, D Díaz Díaz… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Water splitting, leading to hydrogen and oxygen in a process that mimics natural
photosynthesis, is extremely important for devising a sustainable solar energy conversion …

Water oxidation catalysis with nonheme iron complexes under acidic and basic conditions: homogeneous or heterogeneous?

D Hong, S Mandal, Y Yamada, YM Lee… - Inorganic …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Thermal water oxidation by cerium (IV) ammonium nitrate (CAN) was catalyzed by nonheme
iron complexes, such as Fe (BQEN)(OTf) 2 (1) and Fe (BQCN)(OTf) 2 (2)(BQEN= N, N …

Pt-free tandem molecular photoelectrochemical cells for water splitting driven by visible light

K Fan, F Li, L Wang, Q Daniel… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells using molecular catalysts to split water into hydrogen and
oxygen have been investigated intensively during the past years. However, the high-cost of …