Rapid catalytic water oxidation by a single site, Ru carbene catalyst

Zuofeng Chen1, Javier J Concepcion, Thomas J Meyer

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

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