Cyanobacteria, green algae, and higher plants provide the major part of molecular O 2 of
Earth atmosphere via water oxidation of oxygenic photosynthesis. The water-oxidizing …

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 …

Photosystem II, the water splitting enzyme of photosynthesis, utilizes the energy of sunlight
to drive the four-electron oxidation of water to dioxygen at the oxygen-evolving complex …

The catalytic cycle of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII) comprises
five intermediate states S i (i= 0–4), from the most reduced S0 state to the most oxidized S4 …

Heterogeneous catalysts in the form of atomically dispersed metals on a support provide the
most efficient utilization of the active component, which is especially important for scarce and …

The photosystem II (PSII)-catalyzed water oxidation is crucial for maintaining life on earth.
Despite the extensive experimental and computational research that has been conducted …

Light-driven water oxidation is a fundamental reaction in the biosphere. The Mn4Ca cluster
of photosystem II cycles through five redox states termed S0–S4, after which oxygen is …

A mononuclear nonheme manganese (IV)–oxo complex binding the Ce4+ ion,[(dpaq) MnIV
(O)]+–Ce4+ (1‐Ce4+), was synthesized by reacting [(dpaq) MnIII (OH)]+(2) with cerium …

Photosynthetic water oxidation is catalyzed by a Mn4CaO5-cluster in photosystem II through
an S-state cycle. Understanding the roles of heterogeneity in each S-state, as identified …

In this paper, we combine broken symmetry density functional calculations and electron
paramagnetic resonance analysis to obtain the electronic structure of the penultimate S3 …