title: Nano-sized layered Mn oxides as promising and biomimetic water oxidizing catalysts for water splitting in artificial photosynthetic systems.
abstract: One challenge in artificial photosynthetic systems is the development of artificial model compounds to oxidize water. The water-oxidizing complex of Photosystem II which is responsible for biological water oxidation contains a cluster of four Mn ions bridged by five oxygen atoms. Layered Mn oxides as efficient, stable, low cost, environmentally friendly and easy to use, synthesize, and manufacture compounds could be considered as functional and structural models for the site. Because of the related structure of these Mn oxides and the catalytic centre of the active site of the water oxidizing complex of Photosystem II, the study of layered Mn oxides may also help to understand more about the mechanism of water oxidation by the natural site. This review provides an overview of the current status of layered Mn oxides in artificial photosynthesis and discuss the sophisticated design strategies for Mn oxides as water oxidizing catalysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran; Center of Climate Change and Global Warming, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran. Electronic address: mmnajafpour@iasbs.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mohammad Mahdi
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Najafpour
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, C.P. 51664 Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Sima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heidari
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran.
authors.forename: Emad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amini
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, C.P. 51664 Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Masoumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khatamian
authors.affiliation: Departement de Chimie Biochimie et Physique, Université du Québec à Trois Rivières, C.P. 500, Québec G9A 5H7, Canada.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carpentier
authors.affiliation: Controlled Photobiosynthesis Laboratory, Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya Street 35, Moscow 127276, Russia; Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia. Electronic address: suleyman.allakhverdiev@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Suleyman I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Allakhverdiev
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D032701:Biomimetics; D002384:Catalysis; D017895:Manganese Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D017895:Manganese Compounds; D010087:Oxides; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D014867:Water; C027424:manganese oxide
keywords: Artificial photosynthesis; Layered Mn oxide; Photosystem II; Water oxidation