An All-Inorganic,Stable,and Highly Active Tetraruthenium Homogeneous Catalyst for Water Oxidation

摘要

The design of viable and well-defined molecular catalysts for water oxidation in conjunction with the conversion of solar into chemical energy is both intellectually and practically important.Increasingly,high-resolution crystal structures and physicochemical investigations of the Mn4Ca-centered water oxidation-oxygen evolving center (OEC) in photo-system II,and studies of model compounds,are providing more insight into the properties of this multimetal biocata-lyst.