Artificial enzymes have broad applications in catalysis and can be used to help understand catalytic mechanisms. Nanoceria has various enzyme‐mimetic properties that depend on the relative content of Ce3+ and Ce4+. In this context, CeO2 nanotubes was investigated as catalase mimics for water oxidation. The photosensitizer 5,10,15,20‐meso‐tetra(4‐carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (TCPP) was facilely embedded in CeO2 nanotubes (TCPP@CeO2 NTs), and photoinduced charge transfer was shown to occur between the strongly coupled TCPP and CeO2, which leads to effective charge separation and charge redistribution within the hybrids. As a consequence, formation of H2O2, a competing process in water oxidation and a key factor that affects the oxidative stability of photoelectrodes, was effectively inhibited on TCPP@CeO2 NTs. These findings show that enzyme mimics can be used for the selective generation of reactive oxygen species, and therefore to control the kinetics of water oxidation.