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; Andrea Sartorel

doi:10.1039/C3CC45457F

Light driven water oxidation by a single site cobalt salophen catalyst†

Erica Pizzolato,^a Mirco Natali,^b Bianca Posocco,^a Alejandro Montellano López,^a Irene Bazzan,^a Marilena Di Valentin,^a Pierluca Galloni,^c Valeria Conte,^c Marcella Bonchio,^a Franco Scandola*^b and Andrea Sartorel*^a

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^a ITM-CNR and Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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^b Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, and Centro Interuniversitario per la Conversione Chimica dell'Energia Solare (sez. Ferrara), via Fossato di Mortara 17-27, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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^c Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Roma, Italy

Abstract

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.

This article is part of the themed collection: Biological oxidation reactions: mechanisms and design of new catalysts

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Light driven water oxidation by a single site cobalt salophen catalyst†

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