Nano-Size Layered Manganese-Calcium Oxide as an Efficient and Biomimetic Catalyst for Water Oxidation Under Acidic Conditions: Comparable To Platinum

Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi; Leonard, Kevin C.; Fan, Fu-Ren F.; Tabrizi, Mahmoud Amouzzadeh; Bard, Allen J.; King'ondu, Cecil K.; Suib, Steven L.; Haghighi, Behzad; Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.

Nano-Size Layered Manganese-Calcium Oxide as an Efficient and Biomimetic Catalyst for Water Oxidation Under Acidic Conditions: Comparable To Platinum

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2013-01

Authors

Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi

Leonard, Kevin C.

Fan, Fu-Ren F.

Tabrizi, Mahmoud Amouzzadeh

Bard, Allen J.

King'ondu, Cecil K.

Suib, Steven L.

Haghighi, Behzad

Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.

Abstract

Inspired by Nature's catalyst, a nano-size layered manganese-calcium oxide showed a low overvoltage for water oxidation in acidic solutions, which is comparable to platinum.

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Center for Electrochemistry

Keywords

oxygen-evolving complex , scanning electrochemical microscopy , possible , evolutionary origin , promising structural model , photosystem-ii , oxidizing complex , artificial photosynthesis , hydrogen-production , functional models , crystal-structure , chemistry, inorganic & nuclear

Citation

Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi, Kevin C. Leonard, Fu-Ren F. Fan, Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi, Allen J. Bard, Cecil K. King'ondu, Steven L. Suib, Behzad Haghighi, and Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev. "Nano-size layered manganese–calcium oxide as an efficient and biomimetic catalyst for water oxidation under acidic conditions: comparable to platinum." Dalton Transactions 42, no. 14 (Jan., 2013): 5085-5091.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41027

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