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 …

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 …

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 …

All cyanobacteria, algae, and plants use a similar water-oxidizing catalyst for water
oxidation. This catalyst is housed in Photosystem II, a membrane-protein complex that …

Electrochemical reactions often require an important overpotential1 to proceed at an
appreciable rate. This is particularly true when the reaction does not merely consist of an …

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 …

In the last 10 years, a number of advances have been made in the study of the oxygen-
evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII). Along with this new understanding of the …

The electrocatalytic oxidation of water is a challenging step towards the production of
hydrogen as an alternative fuel. In nature, water oxidation is catalysed by a high oxidation …

This thesis describes the development and study of catalysts for redox reactions, which
either utilize oxygen or hydrogen peroxide for the purpose of selectively oxidizing organic …

Metal–oxyl (M n+-O•) complexes having an oxyl radical ligand, which are electronically
equivalent to well-known metal–oxo (M (n+ 1)+═ O) complexes, are surveyed as a new …