TY - JOUR
T1 - Biological water oxidation
T2 - Lessons from Nature
AU - Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi
AU - Moghaddam, Atefeh Nemati
AU - Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.
AU - Govindjee,
N1 - Funding Information:
M. M. Najafpour and A. Nemati Moghaddam are grateful to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences for financial support.
Funding Information:
This work was also supported by grants from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (nos. 11-04-01389a , 11-04-92690a and 12-04-92101a ), Russian Ministry of Science and Education (no. 16.740.11.0176 ), Molecular and Cell Biology Programs of the Russian Academy of Sciences , and by BMBF (no. 8125 ) Bilateral Cooperation between Germany and Russia .
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Hydrogen production by water splitting may be an appealing solution for future energy needs. To evolve hydrogen efficiently in a sustainable manner, it is necessary first to synthesize what we may call a 'super catalyst' for water oxidation, which is the more challenging half reaction of water splitting. An efficient system for water oxidation exists in the water oxidizing complex in cyanobacteria, algae and plants; further, recently published data on the Manganese-calcium cluster have provided details on the mechanism and structure of the water oxidizing complex. Here, we have briefly reviewed the characteristics of the natural system from the standpoint of what we could learn from it to produce an efficient artificial system. In short, to design an efficient water oxidizing complex for artificial photosynthesis, we must learn and use wisely the knowledge about water oxidation and the water oxidizing complex in the natural system. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial.
AB - Hydrogen production by water splitting may be an appealing solution for future energy needs. To evolve hydrogen efficiently in a sustainable manner, it is necessary first to synthesize what we may call a 'super catalyst' for water oxidation, which is the more challenging half reaction of water splitting. An efficient system for water oxidation exists in the water oxidizing complex in cyanobacteria, algae and plants; further, recently published data on the Manganese-calcium cluster have provided details on the mechanism and structure of the water oxidizing complex. Here, we have briefly reviewed the characteristics of the natural system from the standpoint of what we could learn from it to produce an efficient artificial system. In short, to design an efficient water oxidizing complex for artificial photosynthesis, we must learn and use wisely the knowledge about water oxidation and the water oxidizing complex in the natural system. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial.
KW - Artificial photosynthesis
KW - Manganese-calcium cluster
KW - Natural photosynthesis
KW - Water oxidation
KW - Water oxidizing complex
KW - Water splitting
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.04.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 22507946
AN - SCOPUS:84862216956
VL - 1817
SP - 1110
EP - 1121
JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
SN - 0005-2728
IS - 8
ER -
