The reaction takes place at a specialized metal center that dramatically increases the acidity
of H2 and leads to a heterolytic splitting of the molecule which is strongly accelerated by the …

Reduction of oxides and oxoanions of carbon and nitrogen are of great contemporary
importance as they are crucial for a sustainable environment. Substantial research has been …

Density functional theory (DFT) was employed to investigate the behavior of a series of
catalysts used in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER, 2H++ 2e-→ H2). The kinetics of the …

Many microorganisms, such as methanogenic, acetogenic, nitrogen-fixing, photosynthetic,
or sulfate-reducing bacteria, metabolize hydrogen.[1, 2a] Hydrogen activation is mediated by …

Fe-only hydrogenases, as well as their NiFe counterparts, display unusual intrinsic high-
frequency IR bands that have been assigned to CO and CN-ligation to iron in their active …

Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gases are not renewable on a human time scale and
when combusted they pollute the earth's atmosphere with carbon dioxide. The latter is …

Solar water -splitting into H 2 and O 2 : design principles of photosystem II and hydrogenases -
Energy & Environmental Science (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B808792J Royal Society of …

Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the Universe, is considered to be an environmental
friendly energy carrier because its combustion generates water. Nowadays, owing to the …

Dihydrogen has the potential to act as a “clean''alternative to fossil fuels. 1 The oxidation of
dihydrogen, either electrochemically or via combustion, leads only to the production of …

There continues to be widespread interest in the applications of hydrogen as a clean fuel
and its potential for local electricity production and use in transport. Recent years have seen …