Water oxidation surface mechanisms replicated by a totally inorganic tetraruthenium-oxo molecular complex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4917-4922

  Piccinin, Simone ^a   Sartorel, Andrea ^b   Aquilanti, Giuliana ^c   Goldoni, Andrea ^c   Bonchio, Marcella ^b   Fabris, Stefano ^a  

^a IOM CNR LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ab initio simulations; Artificial photosynthesis; Electrocatalysis; X ray absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

METAL COMPLEX; METAL OXIDE; RUTHENIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY COST; MOLECULE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84875508033     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213486110     Document Type: Article

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