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A molecular molybdenum-oxo catalyst for generating hydrogen from water

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  • Hemamala I. Karunadasa

    (University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA)

  • Christopher J. Chang

    (University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA)

  • Jeffrey R. Long

    (University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA)

Abstract

Hydrogen from water Hydrogen is as an attractive candidate for a clean, sustainable fuel, hence the continued search for efficient and inexpensive catalysts able to produce large quantities of hydrogen gas from water. Traditionally, such catalysts have involved H–H bond formation at a metal centre and show poor long-term stability, but Karunadasa et al. now show this chemistry can also occur at a reduced metal-oxo unit, leading to good long-term stability, a tolerance to impurities and turnover rates comparable to a hydrogenase enzyme on a per volume basis. The new catalyst is a molybdenum-oxo complex that is active without the need for additional acids or organic cosolvents.

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  • Hemamala I. Karunadasa & Christopher J. Chang & Jeffrey R. Long, 2010. "A molecular molybdenum-oxo catalyst for generating hydrogen from water," Nature, Nature, vol. 464(7293), pages 1329-1333, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:464:y:2010:i:7293:d:10.1038_nature08969
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08969
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