Catalysis - The art of splitting water

被引:250
作者
Meyer, Thomas J. [1 ]
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[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Chem, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
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10.1038/451778a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Plants produce oxygen from water, but the same chemical reaction is hard to achieve synthetically. A new family of catalysts could breathe fresh life into the quest for artificial photosynthesis.
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