While hydrogen plays an ever-increasing role in modern society, nature has utilized
hydrogen since a very long time as an energy carrier and storage molecule. Among the …

Hydrogenase enzymes efficiently process H2 and protons at organometallic FeFe, NiFe, or
Fe active sites. Synthetic modeling of the many H2ase states has provided insight into …

Research on light-driven catalysis has gained tremendous importance due to the ever-
increasing power consumption and the threatening situation of global warming related to …

Modern energy challenges have amplified interest in transition metal-based molecular
electrocatalysts for fuel-forming reactions. The activity of these homogeneous …

The search for efficient noble metal-free hydrogen-evolving catalysts is the subject of intense
research activity. A new family of molecular cobalt (II)–polypyridyl catalysts has recently …

Plasmonic systems convert light into electrical charges and heat, mediating catalytic
transformations. However, there is ongoing controversy regarding the involvement of hot …

Attaching the phosphonated molecular catalyst [ReIBr (bpy)(CO) 3] 0 to the wide-bandgap
semiconductor TiO2 strongly enhances the rate of visible-light-driven reduction of CO2 to …

The need for benchmarking hydrogen evolution catalysts has increasingly been recognized.
The influence of acid choice on activity is often reduced to the overpotential for catalysis …

Abstract Rhenium (I)-carbonyl-diimine complexes have emerged as promising
photocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction with covalent organic frameworks recognized as …

Recently, substantial efforts had been made in the field of synthetic iron compounds as
structural and functional models of the hydrogenase enzyme active site for the purpose of …