ABSTRACT
Water Oxidation ............................................................................ 128 6.3 Robust, All-Inorganic Molecular Oxygen-Evolving Catalysts ..................... 130
6.3.1 Polyoxometalates .............................................................................. 130 6.3.2 Polyoxometalate-Based Oxygen-Evolving Catalysts ........................ 131 6.3.3 Light-Driven Water Oxidation .......................................................... 133 6.3.4 Nanostructured Oxygen-Evolving Anodes ....................................... 135
6.4 Conclusions and Perspectives ....................................................................... 136 Acknowledgments .................................................................................................. 137 References .............................................................................................................. 137
The search for renewable energy sources is becoming day by day more urgent for mankind. The global energy demand is indeed predicted to rise considerably within the next decade, and fossil fuels alone cannot satisfy this energy thirst, due to their limited availability and the Earth pollution caused by their combustion.
