Natural photosynthesis is an efficient biochemical process which converts solar energy into
energy-rich carbohydrates. By understanding the key photoelectrochemical processes and …

Conspectus The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are involved in biological and artificial energy conversions …

In natural photosynthesis, the light-driven splitting of water into electrons, protons and
molecular oxygen forms the first step of the solar-to-chemical energy conversion process …

The multi-redox mechanism involving multi-sites has great implications to dictate the
catalytic water oxidation. Understanding the sequential dynamics of multi-steps in oxygen …

With the advent of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), new, high-throughput serial
crystallography techniques for macromolecular structure determination have emerged …

The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a crucial role in (photo) electrochemical devices
that use renewable energy to produce synthetic fuels. Recent measurements on …

BACKGROUND The harvesting of photons is the first step in photosynthesis, the biological
process that transforms solar energy into chemical energy. The photosynthetic membranes …

Photosynthetic water oxidation by Photosystem II (PSII) is a fascinating process because it
sustains life on Earth and serves as a blue print for scalable synthetic catalysts required for …

High-valent metal–oxo species with multiply-bonded M–O groups have been proposed as
key intermediates in many biological and abiological catalytic oxidation reactions. These …

BACKGROUND Conformational changes are essential for the correct functioning of
biological macromolecules. Time-resolved x-ray crystallography extends an extremely …