Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts

Molecular catalysis plays an essential role in both natural and artificial photosynthesis (AP). However, the field of molecular catalysis for AP has gradually declined in recent years because of doubt about the long-term stability of molecular-catalyst-based devices. This review summarizes the development history of molecular-catalyst-based AP, including the fundamentals of AP, molecular catalysts for water oxidation, proton reduction and CO2 reduction, and molecular-catalyst-based AP devices, and it provides an analysis of the advantages, challenges, and stability of molecular catalysts. With this review, we aim to highlight the following points: (i) an investigation on molecular catalysis is one of the most…

• KO
  Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
• V
  Vetenskapsrådet

  Award: 2017-00935
• E
  Energimyndigheten
• NK
  National Key Research and Development Program of China

  Award: 2014CB239402