An efficient and robustw ater oxidation catalyst based on abundant and cheap materials is the key to converting solar energy into fuels through artificial photosynthesis for the future of humans. The development of molecular water oxidation catalysts (MWOCs) is as mart way to achieve promising catalytic activity,t hanks to the clear structures and catalytic mechanisms of molecular catalysts. Effi-cient MWOCs based on noble-metalc omplexes, for example, ruthenium and iridium,h ave been well developed over the last 30 years;h owever, the developmento fe arth-abundant metal-based MWOCs is very limited and still challenging. Herein,t he promising prospecto fi ron-based MWOCs is highlighted, with ac omprehensive summary of previously reporteds tudiesa nd future research focus in this area.
Iron-Based MWOC with TAMLsBy employing tetraamido macrocyclic ligands (TAMLs), which are composed of at ypical framework to hold high-valent metal ions, [16] Bernharde tal.,i n2 010, reported the first series [a] T.