# chem: mimic a stable photosynthesis (inside a porous 'scaffold' to avoid deactivation / decomposition)

<< When molecules of cobalt oxide cubane, so named for its eight atoms forming a cube, are in solution, the catalytic units eventually collide into one another and react, and thus deactivate. To hold the catalysts in place, and prevent these collisions, the researchers used a metal-organic framework as a scaffold.  >>

<< Our study provides a clear, conceptual blueprint for engineering the next generation of energy-converting catalysts, >> T. Don Tilley

Theresa Duque. Here comes the sun: a new framework for artificial photosynthesis. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Jun 18, 2019

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-06-sun-framework-artificial-photosynthesis.html

Andy I. Nguyen, Kurt M. Van Allsburg, et al. Stabilization of reactive Co4O4 cubane oxygen-evolution catalysts within porous frameworks. PNAS 116 (24) 11630-11639. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1815013116. Jun 11, 2019.

https://www.pnas.org/content/116/24/11630