Transition Metal Complexes for Water Splitting, Singlet Oxygen Generation and Nonlinear Optics
This community develops molecular catalysts and functional materials based on transition metal complexes, primarily to drive the electrochemical splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen, generate singlet oxygen for photochemical applications, and exhibit nonlinear optical properties.
The research centers on the synthesis and structural characterization of cobalt, manganese, copper, and nickel complexes, with a heavy emphasis on macrocyclic ligands such as phthalocyanines and porphyrins. Key recurring themes include water oxidation and hydrogen evolution reactions, often studied through electrocatalytic interfaces and thin-film architectures. The work also frequently investigates singlet oxygen production and nonlinear optical responses, linking the electronic structure of these metal-ligand systems to their catalytic and photophysical performance.
The largest share of the community's output is found in manganese research, accounting for 5.1% of all manganese papers, followed by cobalt at 3.2% and ruthenium at 3.0%. Manganese also contributes the highest absolute number of papers to this group, with 4,125 entries.
The community comprises 27,015 papers, published predominantly in Inorganic Chemistry, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Inorganica Chimica Acta.
Recent work continues to focus on the mechanistic details of oxygen-oxygen bond formation in heterogeneous catalysts, the development of new phthalocyanine derivatives for singlet oxygen generation, and the tuning of porphyrin-based systems for electrocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen evolution.