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Water Splitting Using Electrochemical Approach

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For electrochemical water splitting, a number of bioinspired and biomimetic Mn-based materials have been developed; however, the catalytic performances markedly differ between natural and synthetic Mn catalysts. Based on the recent in situ detection of surface intermediates for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) by MnO2, this chapter introduces the design rationale for the efficient OER catalysts, and discusses the evolutional origin of natural Mn4-clusters to provide a better understanding of the differences in activity between natural and man-made OER catalysts.

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Yamaguchi, A., Takashima, T., Hashimoto, K., Nakamura, R. (2016). Water Splitting Using Electrochemical Approach. In: Sugiyama, M., Fujii, K., Nakamura, S. (eds) Solar to Chemical Energy Conversion. Lecture Notes in Energy, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25400-5_11

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