A pentanuclear iron catalyst designed for water oxidation

Masaya Okamura, Mio Kondo, Reiko Kuga, Yuki Kurashige, Takeshi Yanai, Shinya Hayami, Vijayendran K. K. Praneeth, Masaki Yoshida, Ko Yoneda, Satoshi Kawata and Shigeyuki Masaoka ()
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Masaya Okamura: Institute for Molecular Science
Mio Kondo: Institute for Molecular Science
Reiko Kuga: Institute for Molecular Science
Yuki Kurashige: SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Takeshi Yanai: SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Shinya Hayami: Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
Vijayendran K. K. Praneeth: Institute for Molecular Science
Masaki Yoshida: Institute for Molecular Science
Ko Yoneda: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saga University
Satoshi Kawata: Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University
Shigeyuki Masaoka: Institute for Molecular Science

Nature, 2016, vol. 530, issue 7591, 465-468

Abstract: A complex containing five atoms of iron is shown to be a highly efficient and robust water oxidation catalyst owing to the presence of redox flexibility, which enables charge accumulation and electron transfer, and the presence of adjacent active sites that enables intramolecular O–O bond formation.

Date: 2016
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