Comparison of nano-sized Mn oxides with the Mn cluster of photosystem II as catalysts for water oxidation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1847, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 294-306

  Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi ^a   Ghobadi, Mohadeseh Zarei ^a   Haghighi, Behzad ^a   Tomo, Tatsuya ^b,c   Shen, Jian Ren ^d   Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I ^e,f,g  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^g MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Model complex; Nano sized manganese oxides; Photosystem II; Water oxidation; Water oxidizing complex

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE OXIDE; NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE; WATER; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; PHOTOSYSTEM II;

CATALYST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DISPERSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON NUCLEAR DOUBLE RESONANCE; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRECIPITATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS; THYLAKOID; X IRRADIATION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

CATALYSIS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; WATER;

EID: 84916920031     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: 18792650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.11.006     Document Type: Review

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