Chemical, electrochemical and photochemical molecular water oxidation catalysts
Bofill Arasa, Roger (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química)
García-Antón, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química)
Escriche Martínez, Lluís (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química)
Sala Román, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química)

Date:	2015
Abstract:	Hydrogen release from the splitting of water by simply using sunlight as the only energy source is an old human dream that could finally become a reality. This process involves both the reduction and oxidation of water into hydrogen and oxygen, respectively. While the first process has been fairly overcome, the conversion of water into oxygen has been traditionally the bottleneck process hampering the development of a sustainable hydrogen production based on water splitting. Fortunately, a revolution in this field has occurred during the past decade, since many research groups have been conducting an intense research in this area. Thus, while molecular, well-characterized catalysts able to oxidize water were scarce just five years ago, now a wide range of transition metal based compounds has been reported as active catalysts for this transformation. This review reports the most prominent key advances in the field, covering either examples where the catalysis is triggered chemically, electrochemically or photochemically.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CTQ2011-26440
Rights:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Published in:	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, Vol. 152, Part A (November 2015) , p. 71-81, ISSN 1873-2682

DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.10.022

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