Inside Back Cover: Selective Reduction of Aqueous Protons to Hydrogen with a Synthetic Cobaloxime Catalyst in the Presence of Atmospheric Oxygen (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 37/2012)
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: The economical splitting of water into the fuel H2 and the by-product O2 requires inexpensive catalysts that operate in aqueous solution and in the presence of O2. In their Communication on page 9381 ff., E. Reisner et al. show that a synthetic cobalt catalyst evolves H2 electro- and photocatalytically under the highly demanding conditions of pH-neutral water and under atmospheric O2. The picture shows the preference of the cobalt catalyst for aqueous protons, and the evolution of H2 bubbles upon irradiation with visible light in air.
Authors: Fezile Lakadamyali, Masaru Kato, Nicoleta M. Muresan, Erwin Reisner
Institution: University of Cambridge
Language: English
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2018924516