Promoting hole transfer for photoelectrochemical water oxidation through a manganese cluster catalyst bioinspired by natural photosystem II.

Promoting hole transfer for photoelectrochemical water oxidation through a manganese cluster catalyst bioinspired by natural photosystem II.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Mar 17;:
Authors: Gao B, Wang T, Li Y, Fan X, Gong H, Jiang C, Li P, Huang X, He J
Abstract
A BiVO4 photoanode was combined with bioinspired Mn4O4-cubane, which has a structure and composite similar to those of the oxygen-evolving complex (Mn4CaO5) in photosystem II. The hybrid photoanode exhibited a lower onset potential and higher photocurrent than the pristine photoanode because of the faster kinetics of the reaction and reduced rate of recombination of the carriers.
PMID: 32182318 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chemical Communications - March 16, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Gao B, Wang T, Li Y, Fan X, Gong H, Jiang C, Li P, Huang X, He J Tags: Chem Commun (Camb) Source Type: research