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Look what the catenane dragged in

Nature Reviews Chemistry volume 7, page 230 (2023)Cite this article

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Platinum electrodes are often used in fuel cells to convert molecular oxygen to water. While effective, the need for large amounts of a precious metal does not lend itself to meeting global energy requirements sustainably. Now, writing in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Ho Yu Au-Yeung, Edmund Tse and co-workers from the University of Hong Kong and the National Taiwan University have developed a catalytic system using an Earth-abundant metal with a catenane-based ligand system.

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Greed, S. Look what the catenane dragged in. Nat Rev Chem 7, 230 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-023-00488-9

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