Ru complexes that can catalytically oxidize water to molecular dioxygen.
The main objective of this review is to give a general overview of the structure, electrochemistry (when available), and catalytic performance of the Ru complexes, which are capable of oxidizing water to molecular dioxygen, and to highlight their more relevant features. The description of the Ru catalysts is mainly divided into complexes that contain a Ru-O-Ru bridging group and those that do not. Finally a few conclusions are drawn from the global description of all of the catalysts presented here, and some guidelines for future catalyst design are given.
Romero
Isabel
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Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Campus de Montilivi, E-17071 Girona, Spain.
Rodríguez
Montserrat
M
Sens
Cristina
C
Mola
Joaquim
J
Rao Kollipara
Mohan
M
Francàs
Laia
L
Mas-Marza
Elena
E
Escriche
Lluís
L
Llobet
Antoni
A