title: Highly active and tunable catalysts for O2 evolution from water based on mononuclear ruthenium(II) monoaquo complexes.
abstract: The catalytic activity of [Ru(tpy)(bpy)OH(2)](2+) (tpy = 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine and bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) increased by a 4'-substituted ethoxy group on the tpy ligand by more than one order of magnitude to give 1.1 × 10(-1) s(-1) of catalyst turnover frequency, which is comparable with the hitherto-reported champion data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering & Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan. yagi@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Syouhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komi
authors.forename: Hirosato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamazaki