Kanan Matthew W, Surendranath Yogesh, Nocera Daniel G
Department of Chemistry, 6-335, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA.
Chem Soc Rev. 2009 Jan;38(1):109-14. doi: 10.1039/b802885k. Epub 2008 Nov 28.
The utilization of solar energy on a large scale requires efficient storage. Solar-to-fuels has the capacity to meet large scale storage needs as demonstrated by natural photosynthesis. This process uses sunlight to rearrange the bonds of water to furnish O2 and an H2-equivalent. We present a tutorial review of our efforts to develop an amorphous cobalt-phosphate catalyst that oxidizes water to O2. The use of earth-abundant materials, operation in water at neutral pH, and the formation of the catalyst in situ captures functional elements of the oxygen evolving complex of Photosystem II.
大规模利用太阳能需要高效的存储方式。太阳能转化为燃料具备满足大规模存储需求的能力，自然光合作用便是例证。此过程利用阳光重新排列水分子中的化学键，生成氧气和等效于氢气的物质。我们给出一篇教程综述，介绍了我们在开发将水氧化为氧气的非晶态钴磷酸盐催化剂方面所做的努力。使用储量丰富的元素、在中性pH值的水中运行以及原位生成催化剂，这些特性捕捉到了光系统II析氧复合物的功能要素。
