Energy and electron transfer processes in light harvesting assemblies dictate the outcome of
the overall light energy conversion process. Halide perovskite nanocrystals such as …

Converting solar energy to fuels has attracted substantial interest over the past decades
because it has the potential to sustainably meet the increasing global energy demand …

Photosynthesis fuels life on Earth by storing solar energy in chemical form. Today's oxygen-
rich atmosphere has resulted from the splitting of water at the protein-bound manganese …

Water oxidation is the key kinetic bottleneck of photoelectrochemical devices for fuel
synthesis. Despite advances in the identification of intermediates, elucidating the catalytic …

The active site of photosynthetic water oxidation is the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in
the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center. The OEC is a Mn4CaO5 cluster embedded in the …

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 …

Photosystem II allows water to be the primary electron source for the photosynthetic electron
transfer chain. Water is oxidized to dioxygen at the Oxygen Evolving Complex (OEC), a Mn 4 …

Photosynthetic water oxidation is catalyzed by the Mn4CaO5 cluster of photosystem II. The
assembly of the Mn4O5Ca requires light and involves a sequential process called …

Photosystem II uses the energy of absorbed light to split water molecules, generating
molecular oxygen, electrons, and protons. The four protons generated during each reaction …

The molecular oxygen we breathe is produced from water-derived oxygen species bound to
the Mn4CaO5 cluster in photosystem II (PSII). Present research points to the central oxo …