Light driven water oxidation by a single site cobalt salophen catalyst

Erica Pizzolato, Mirco Natali, Bianca Posocco, Alejandro Montellano López, Irene Bazzan, Marilena Di Valentin, Pierluca Galloni, Valeria Conte, Marcella Bonchio, Franco Scandola,

Chemical Communications · 2013 · 93 citations · 27 references

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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.

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