Efficient water cleavage with visible light by a system mimicking photosystem II

Authors :: Guang-Jun Yao
Masao Kaneko
Akira Kira
Source :: Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications. :1338
Publication Year :: 1989
Publisher :: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 1989.
Abstract: Efficient visible light cleavage of water with simultaneous evolution of hydrogen and oxygen has been achieved by a system mimicking photosystem II, composed of CdS photoanode modified with a polymer membrane incorporating a highly active water oxidation catalyst.

Subjects :: Membrane
Photosystem II
Hydrogen
Catalytic oxidation
Chemistry
Photodissociation
Molecular Medicine
chemistry.chemical_element
Photochemistry
Oxygen
Visible spectrum
Catalysis

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