title: Across the board: Hiroshi Imahori.
abstract: In this series of articles the board members of ChemSusChem discuss recent research articles that they consider of exceptional quality and importance for sustainability. This entry features Prof. Hiroshi Imahori, who discusses a concept in which photosensitizers and binuclear catalysts, both based on ruthenium complexes, can be combined to efficiently oxidize water similar to the Photosystem II in plants.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 75-383-2566; Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 (Japan). imahori@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imahori
mesh_terms: D032701:Biomimetics; D002384:Catalysis; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013472:Sunlight; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D014867:Water; D012428:Ruthenium; D010100:Oxygen
keywords: artificial photosynthesis; photoelectrochemical cell; photovoltaics; solar fuels; water oxidation