title: Nanolayered manganese oxide/C(60) composite: a good water-oxidizing catalyst for artificial photosynthetic systems.
abstract: For the first time, we considered Mn oxide/C60 composites as water-oxidizing catalysts. The composites were synthesized by easy and simple procedures, and characterized by some methods. The water-oxidizing activities of these composites were also measured in the presence of cerium(iv) ammonium nitrate. We found that the nanolayered Mn oxide/C60 composites show promising activity toward water oxidation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran. mmnajafpour@iasbs.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mohammad Mahdi
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Najafpour
authors.forename: Mahnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abasi
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomo
authors.forename: Suleyman I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Allakhverdiev
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D002563:Cerium / Q000737:chemistry; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D017895:Manganese Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010788:Photosynthesis; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D017895:Manganese Compounds; D009566:Nitrates; D010087:Oxides; D014867:Water; D002563:Cerium; C027424:manganese oxide; C069837:fullerene C60; C006568:ammonium nitrate