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 …

Design of molecular water oxidation catalysts with earth-abundant metal ions

M Kondo, H Tatewaki, S Masaoka - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The four-electron oxidation of water (2H2O→ O2+ 4H++ 4e−) is considered the main
bottleneck in artificial photosynthesis. In nature, this reaction is catalysed by a Mn4CaO5 …

Polymer photoelectrodes for solar fuel production: progress and challenges

M Thangamuthu, Q Ruan, PO Ohemeng, B Luo… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Converting solar energy to fuels has attracted substantial interest over the past decades
because it has the potential to sustainably meet the increasing global energy demand …

Molecular catalysts for water oxidation

JD Blakemore, RH Crabtree, GW Brudvig - Chemical Reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The development of technologies for the production of chemical fuels or useful compounds
with renewable energy (eg, sunlight) and inexpensive feedstocks relies on an abundant …

[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 …

Design and development of photoanodes for water-splitting dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells

JR Swierk, TE Mallouk - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) use low-cost materials, feature tunable molecular
sensitizers, and exhibit quantum efficiencies near unity. These advantageous features can …

Design and optimization of catalysts based on mechanistic insights derived from quantum chemical reaction modeling

S Ahn, M Hong, M Sundararajan, DH Ess… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Until recently, computational tools were mainly used to explain chemical reactions after
experimental results were obtained. With the rapid development of software and hardware …

Water oxidation catalysts based on abundant 1st row transition metals

A Singh, L Spiccia - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Hydrogen production through water splitting is an excellent potential source of clean energy
for the future, providing it can be generated from renewable energy sources. An attractive …

Ordered mesoporous cobalt oxide as highly efficient oxygen evolution catalyst

J Rosen, GS Hutchings, F Jiao - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Oxygen evolution from water by use of earth-abundant element-based catalysts is crucial for
mass solar fuel production. In this report, a mesoporous cobalt oxide with an ultrahigh …

Water oxidation using earth-abundant transition metal catalysts: opportunities and challenges

MD Kärkäs, B Åkermark - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalysts for the oxidation of H2O are an integral component of solar energy to fuel
conversion technologies. Although catalysts based on scarce and precious metals have …