Catalysis - The art of splitting water

被引：247
作者：
Meyer, Thomas J. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Chem, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
来源：
NATURE | 2008年 / 451卷 / 7180期
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D O I：
10.1038/451778a
中图分类号：
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];
学科分类号：
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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