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SUBMITTER: Zein S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2614100 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zein Samir S Kulik Leonid V LV Yano Junko J Kern Jan J Pushkar Yulia Y Zouni Athina A Yachandra Vittal K VK Lubitz Wolfgang W Neese Frank F Messinger Johannes J
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20080301 1494
Nature invented a catalyst about 3Gyr ago, which splits water with high efficiency into molecular oxygen and hydrogen equivalents (protons and electrons). This reaction is energetically driven by sunlight and the active centre contains relatively cheap and abundant metals: manganese and calcium. This biological system therefore forms the paradigm for all man-made attempts for direct solar fuel production, and several studies are underway to determine the electronic and geometric structures of th ...[more]