Premium
Cover Picture: Photoassisted TiO Activation in a Decamethyltitanocene Dihydroxido Complex: Insights into the Elemental Steps of Water Splitting (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 25/2012)
Author(s) -
Kessler Monty,
Schüler Stefanie,
Hollmann Dirk,
Klahn Marcus,
Beweries Torsten,
Spannenberg Anke,
Brückner Angelika,
Rosenthal Uwe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201203655
Subject(s) - water splitting , spectroscopy , boron , oxygen evolution , cover (algebra) , chemistry , photochemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , catalysis , physics , photocatalysis , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry , electrode , quantum mechanics , engineering , electrochemistry , biochemistry
Splitting water is a tough goal, but it can in principle be performed by titanium compounds. In their Communication on page 6272 ff ., U. Rosenthal et al. describe studies on light‐induced titanium–oxygen bond activations in a decamethyltitanocene complex. These studies serve as model reactions for water splitting. The picture shows Oceanus and Hyperion, the titans of water and light, discussing this reaction.