A molecular molybdenum-oxo catalyst for generating hydrogen from water

Hemamala I. Karunadasa, Christopher J. Chang () and Jeffrey R. Long ()
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Hemamala I. Karunadasa: University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Christopher J. Chang: University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Jeffrey R. Long: University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Nature, 2010, vol. 464, issue 7293, 1329-1333

Abstract: Hydrogen from water Hydrogen is as an attractive candidate for a clean, sustainable fuel, hence the continued search for efficient and inexpensive catalysts able to produce large quantities of hydrogen gas from water. Traditionally, such catalysts have involved H–H bond formation at a metal centre and show poor long-term stability, but Karunadasa et al. now show this chemistry can also occur at a reduced metal-oxo unit, leading to good long-term stability, a tolerance to impurities and turnover rates comparable to a hydrogenase enzyme on a per volume basis. The new catalyst is a molybdenum-oxo complex that is active without the need for additional acids or organic cosolvents.

Date: 2010
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