Water oxidation utilizing a ruthenium complex featuring a phenolic moiety inspired by the oxygen-evolving centre (OEC) of photosystem II
Yugo Kumagai,a Risa Takabe,a Takashi Nakazono,b Mitsuo Shoji,*c
Hiroshi Isobe,d Kizashi Yamaguchi,ef Tomoyo Misawa-Suzuki,g
Hirotaka Nagaog and Tohru Wada*a
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2024, Advance Article
a Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1, Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 171-8501, Japan.
b Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (ReCAP), Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
c Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan.
d Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Okayama, Japan
e SANKEN, Osaka University, Ibaraki 567-0047, Osaka, Japan
f Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology (QIQB), Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Osaka, Japan
g Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1, Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8554, Japan