Water oxidation catalysts: evolution of [Co4(H2O)2(α-PW9O34)2]10− to catalytically active species is assessed by laser flash photolysis in sacrificial photocatalytic cycles with Ru(bpy)32+ as a photosensitizer.
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Is [Co4(H2O)2(α-PW9O34)2]10− a genuine molecular catalyst in photochemical water oxidation? Answers from time-resolved hole scavenging experiments
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Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Ferrara, and Centro Interuniversitario per la Conversione Chimica dell'Energia Solare, sez. di Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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ITM-CNR and Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Via F. Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
E-mail: andrea.sartorel@unipd.it
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Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina and Centro Interuniversitario per la Conversione Chimica dell'Energia Solare, sezione di Messina, Via Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 8808-8810
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34804G
Received 05 Jul 2012, Accepted 16 Jul 2012
First published online 26 Jul 2012
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