Yu Li, Du Xiaoqiang, Ding Yong, Chen Hongli, Zhou Panpan
State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Dec 21;51(98):17443-6. doi: 10.1039/c5cc07119d. Epub 2015 Oct 15.
Cu5(OH)4(H2O)2(A-α-SiW9O33)2 (1) was tested as the first copper-containing polyoxometalate catalyst for O2 production via visible light-driven water oxidation. Multiple experiments confirm that 1 is an active and dominant catalyst during water oxidation.