Light driven water oxidation by a single site cobalt salophen catalyst

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Nov 4;49(85):9941-3. doi: 10.1039/c3cc45457f.

Abstract

A salophen cobalt(II) complex enables water oxidation at neutral pH in photoactivated sacrificial cycles under visible light, thus confirming the high appeal of earth abundant single site catalysis for artificial photosynthesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Cobalt / chemistry*
  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Light*
  • Models, Biological
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Salicylates / chemistry*
  • Water / chemistry*

Substances

  • Coordination Complexes
  • Salicylates
  • Water
  • salophen
  • Cobalt