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Nature Materials 7, 770 - 771 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nmat2284

Oxygen catalysis: The other half of the equation

John Turner1

  1. John Turner is at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Blvd, Golden, Colorado, USA.
    e-mail: john_turner@nrel.gov


Artificial photosynthesis — splitting water with light — is an attractive way to make hydrogen, but what happens to the oxygen? A catalyst that aids in the efficient production of gaseous oxygen improves the viability of this approach.

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