Towards artificial photosynthesis: photosynthesis: ruthenium-manganese chemistry for energy production

摘要

The synthesis and characterisation of supramolecular model systems mimicking the light reactions on the donor side of Photosystem II (PSII) in green plants have been reviewed. In these systems, manganese complexes and tyrosine are electron donors, modelling the manganese cluster and tyrosine_Z in PSII. The donors have been covalently linked to a photosensitizer, a ruthenium (II) tris- bipyridyl complex, that plays the role of the P_680 chloro- phylls in PSII.