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Artificial enzymes for artificial photosynthesis

Nature Catalysis volume 5, pages 973–974 (2022)Cite this article

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Artificial enzymes capable of catalysing significant transformations are highly desired but usually suffer from limitations in structural design and poor efficiency. Now, a monolayered metal–organic framework is reported as an editable biomimetic platform to achieve exceptional artificial photosynthesis performance.

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Fig. 1: Monolayered metal–organic framework as artificial enzymes for efficient photosynthesis.

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    Yin Zhang, Joshua Phipps & Shengqian Ma

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Zhang, Y., Phipps, J. & Ma, S. Artificial enzymes for artificial photosynthesis. Nat Catal 5, 973–974 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-022-00873-5

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