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Title: Iridium-based complexes for water oxidation

Journal Article · · Dalton Transactions
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt00863h· OSTI ID:1386529

Activation of organometallic Ir precatalysts can yield either homogeneous or heterogeneous water-oxidation catalysts with very high activity.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0001059
OSTI ID:
1386529
Journal Information:
Dalton Transactions, Vol. 44, Issue 28; Related Information: ANSER partners with Northwestern University (lead); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Chicago; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yale University; ISSN 1477-9226
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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