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 …

Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

Recent advances in portable heavy metal electrochemical sensing platforms

AGM Ferrari, P Carrington, SJ Rowley-Neale… - … : Water Research & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In 2020, the new European Drinking Water Directive will be updated to include new drinking-
water safety parameters. These will introduce reduced thresholds for the presence of heavy …

Electrodeposited cobalt-sulfide catalyst for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation from water

Y Sun, C Liu, DC Grauer, J Yano, JR Long… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A cobalt-sulfide (Co–S) film prepared via electrochemical deposition on conductive
substrates is shown to behave as an efficient and robust catalyst for electrochemical and …

Complexes of earth-abundant metals for catalytic electrochemical hydrogen generation under aqueous conditions

VS Thoi, Y Sun, JR Long, CJ Chang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Growing global energy demands and climate change motivate the development of new
renewable energy technologies. In this context, water splitting using sustainable energy …

Immobilizing Molecular Metal Dithiolene–Diamine Complexes on 2D Metal–Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic H2 Production

R Dong, Z Zheng, DC Tranca, J Zhang… - … A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon electrocatalysts consisting of metal complexes such as MNx or MSx are promising
alternatives to high‐cost Pt catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However …

Hierarchical integration of photosensitizing metal–organic frameworks and nickel‐containing polyoxometalates for efficient visible‐light‐driven hydrogen evolution

XJ Kong, Z Lin, ZM Zhang, T Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) provide a tunable platform for hierarchically integrating
multiple components to effect synergistic functions that cannot be achieved in solution. Here …

Porphyrin-catalyzed electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction. Metal-centered and ligand-centered mechanisms

HM Castro-Cruz, NA Macias-Ruvalcaba - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past few decades, several transition metal complexes have emerged as molecular
catalysts for the electrochemically triggered hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The catalytic …

Nickel complexes for robust light-driven and electrocatalytic hydrogen production from water

A Das, Z Han, WW Brennessel, PL Holland… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A series of nickel bis (chelate) complexes having square planar coordination are studied for
light-driven and electrocatalytic hydrogen production from water. The complexes Ni (abt) 2 …

Nickel pyridinethiolate complexes as catalysts for the light-driven production of hydrogen from aqueous solutions in noble-metal-free systems

Z Han, L Shen, WW Brennessel… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A series of mononuclear nickel (II) thiolate complexes (Et4N) Ni (X-pyS) 3 (Et4N=
tetraethylammonium; X= 5-H (1a), 5-Cl (1b), 5-CF3 (1c), 6-CH3 (1d); pyS= pyridine-2 …