A molecular molybdenum-oxo catalyst for generating hydrogen from water

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7293, 2010, Pages 1329-1333

  Karunadasa, Hemamala I ^a,b   Chang, Christopher J ^a,b   Long, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATALYST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROGEN; MOLYBDENUM; POWER GENERATION; REDUCTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ELECTROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; HYDROGEN; MOLYBDENUM; WATER;

EID: 77951869334     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08969     Document Type: Article

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