Water Oxidation Catalysts Constructed by Biorelevant First-row Metal Complexes

• DOI: 10.1246/cl.160639
• Publication Date: 2016-08-24T21:01:38Z
• Authors: Mio Kondo; Shigeyuki Masaoka
• Keywords: 7. Clean energy; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

The construction of highly active molecular catalysts for the water oxidation reaction (2H2O → O2 + 4H+ 4e−) based on earth-abundant and low-toxic metal ions is strongly required to develop a sustainable artificial energy cycle. Biorelevant first-row transition ions, manganese, copper, iron are attractive candidates such because their ubiquitous nature high affinity oxygen atoms. In this highlight review, we introduce recent progress in development containing biorelevant ions.