Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis

J Lv, J Xie, AGA Mohamed, X Zhang, Y Feng… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural photosynthesis is an efficient biochemical process which converts solar energy into
energy-rich carbohydrates. By understanding the key photoelectrochemical processes and …

Oriented internal electrostatic fields: an emerging design element in coordination chemistry and catalysis

AB Weberg, RP Murphy, NC Tomson - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The power of oriented electrostatic fields (ESFs) to influence chemical bonding and reactivity
is a phenomenon of rapidly growing interest. The presence of strong ESFs has recently …

Electroreductive defluorination of unsaturated PFAS by a quaternary ammonium surfactant-modified cathode via direct cathodic reduction

Y Wang, Y Xiao, Y Wang, Q Lin, Y Zhu… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Remediation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater remains a
technological challenge due to the trace concentrations of PFAS and the strength of their C …

Relation between water oxidation activity and coordination environment of C, N-coordinated mononuclear Co catalyst

Q Huang, B Wang, S Ye, H Liu, H Chi, X Liu, H Fan… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Understanding the structure–activity relationship of an active site is of great significance
toward the rational design of highly active catalysts. Herein, we present a combined …

Selective integrating molecular catalytic units into bipyridine-based covalent organic frameworks for specific photocatalytic fuel production

D Song, W Xu, W He, C Li, J Yang, J Li… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Molecular metal compounds have demonstrated excellent catalytic activity and product
selectivity in the H2 evolution reaction (HER) and the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). The …

Self‐assembled Ru (bda) Coordination Oligomers as Efficient Catalysts for Visible Light‐Driven Water Oxidation in Pure Water

T Schlossarek, V Stepanenko, F Beuerle… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water‐soluble multinuclear complexes based on ruthenium 2, 2′‐bipyridine‐6, 6′‐
dicarboxylate (bda) and ditopic bipyridine linker units are investigated in three‐component …

Electronic effects of redox-active ligands on ruthenium-catalyzed water oxidation

J Shi, YH Guo, F Xie, MT Zhang, HT Zhang - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023 - Elsevier
The process of water oxidation presents a significant challenge in the development of
artificial photosynthetic systems. This complexity arises from the necessity of charge …

Molecular catalysis in “green” hydrogen production

F Zaccaria, G Menendez Rodriguez… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Molecular hydrogen (H2) is considered an ideal energy vector and a clean fuel, due to its
zero-carbon combustion. Nevertheless, despite hydrogen is the most and one of the most …

Off‐set interactions of ruthenium–bda type catalysts for promoting water‐splitting performance

BJJ Timmer, O Kravchenko, T Liu, B Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
O− O bond formation with Ru (bda) L2‐type catalysts is well‐known to proceed through a
bimolecular reaction pathway, limiting the potential application of these catalysts at low …

Tuning primary and secondary coordination spheres of ruthenium complexes for the homogeneous water oxidation reaction: a perspective from catalytic activity and …

HC Ma, SC Hsiao, YH Wang - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular ruthenium (Ru) complexes derived from the Ru blue dimer complex have been
extensively studied for water oxidation. For example, monomeric Ru catalysts of polypyridyl …