Molecular and heterogeneous water oxidation catalysts: recent progress and joint perspectives

J Li, CA Triana, W Wan, DPA Saseendran… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of reliable water oxidation catalysts (WOCs) is essential for implementing
artificial photosynthesis on a large technological scale. WOC research has evolved into two …

The surface chemistry of metal oxide clusters: From metal–organic frameworks to minerals

D Yang, M Babucci, WH Casey, BC Gates - ACS Central Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Many metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) incorporate nodes that are small metal oxide
clusters. Some of these MOFs are stable at high temperatures, offering good prospects as …

Bi‐Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks with Cubane [M4(OH)4] (M=Ni, Co) Clusters and Pore‐Space Partition for Electrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation Reaction

YP Wu, JW Tian, S Liu, B Li, J Zhao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Embedding cubane [M4 (OH) 4](M= Ni, Co) clusters within the matrix of metal–
organic frameworks (MOFs) is a strategy to develop materials with unprecedented …

Coordination Number in High-Spin–Low-Spin Equilibrium in Cluster Models of the S2 State of the Oxygen Evolving Complex

AA Shiau, HB Lee, PH Oyala… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The S2 state of the Oxygen Evolving Complex (OEC) of Photosystem II (PSII) shows high-
spin (HS) and low-spin (LS) EPR signals attributed to distinct structures based on …

Mechanistic Aspects of Cobalt–Oxo Cubane Clusters in Oxidation Chemistry

J Amtawong, AI Nguyen, TD Tilley - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cobalt oxides are recognized as one of the most efficient earth-abundant catalysts for
challenging oxidation chemistry, with substrates ranging from water to organic compounds …

Metal–Metal Redox Exchange to Produce Heterometallic Manganese–Cobalt Oxo Cubanes via a “Dangler” Intermediate

TA Wheeler, TD Tilley - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024 - ACS Publications
Pendent metals bound to heterocubanes are components of well-known active sites in
enzymes that mediate difficult chemical transformations. Investigations into the specific role …

Energy catalysis needs ligands with high oxidative stability

AE Thorarinsdottir, DG Nocera - Chem Catalysis, 2021 - cell.com
Heterogeneous catalysts predominate in large-scale and technologically important
processes because of their privileged stability under harsh operating conditions. Despite this …

Tetranuclear [MnIIIMn3IVO4] Complexes as Spectroscopic Models of the S2 State of the Oxygen Evolving Complex in Photosystem II

HB Lee, AA Shiau, PH Oyala… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Despite extensive biochemical, spectroscopic, and computational studies, the mechanism of
biological water oxidation by the oxygen evolving complex (OEC) of Photosystem II remains …

Redox-switchable allosteric effects in molecular clusters

BS Mitchell, SM Krajewski, JA Kephart, D Rogers… - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate that allosteric effects and redox state changes can be harnessed to create a
switch that selectively and reversibly regulates the coordination chemistry of a single site on …

Oxyl Character and Methane Hydroxylation Mechanism in Heterometallic M(O)Co3O4 Cubanes (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Mo, Tc, Ru, and Rh)

BB Skjelstad, T Helgaker, S Maeda, D Balcells - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
C–H activation in alkanes poses a major challenge in chemistry due to the inert character of
this bond, manifesting the necessity of improved catalysts. Although various metal–oxo …