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Homogeneous photochemical water oxidation with metal salophen complexes in neutral media

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The development of water oxidation catalysts based on Earth-abundant metals that can function at neutral pH remains a basic chemical challenge. Here, we report that salophen complexes with Ni(II), Cu(II), and Mn(II) can catalyse photochemical water oxidation to molecular oxygen in the presence of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ as a photosensitizer and Na2S2O8 as an oxidant in phosphate buffer of pH 7.0. Experimental results including CV, SEM, EDS, ESI-MS, and DLS measurements on the metal salophen complex-catalysed water oxidation to oxygen suggest that the catalytic activity of the catalysts is molecular in origin.

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    Md. Ali Asraf, Chizoba I. Ezugwu & Francis Verpoort

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Asraf, M.A., Ezugwu, C.I., Zakaria, C.M. et al. Homogeneous photochemical water oxidation with metal salophen complexes in neutral media. Photochem Photobiol Sci 18, 2782–2791 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1039/c9pp00254e

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