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 …

Redox-inactive metals are found in biological and heterogeneous water oxidation catalysts,
but, at present, their roles in catalysis are not well understood. Here, we report a series of …

Conversion of solar to chemical energy in natural photosynthesis is the most abundant and
sustainable source of energy production. As a central part of the latter process, the oxidation …

Understanding the effect of redox-inactive metals on the properties of biological and
heterogeneous water oxidation catalysts is important both fundamentally and for …

For hydrogen production by water splitting, the water oxidation half reaction is
overwhelmingly rate limiting and needs high over-voltage (∼ 1 V), which results in low …

Artificial photosynthesis has emerged as an important strategy toward clean and renewable
fuels. Catalytic oxidation of water to O2 remains a significant challenge in this context. A …

The manganese cluster of photosystem II has been the focus of intense research aiming to
understand the mechanism of H2O-oxidation. Great effort has also been applied to …

We present a facile synthesis of bioinspired manganese oxides for chemical and
photocatalytic water oxidation, starting from a reliable and versatile manganese (II) oxalate …

Artificial photosynthesis by harvesting solar light into chemical energy could solve the
problems of energy conversion and storage in a sustainable way. In nature, CO2 and H2O …