Mimicking photosystem II reactions in artificial photosynthesis: Ru(II)-polypyridine photosensitisers linked to tyrosine and manganese electron donors
The paper describes a project aiming at constructing functional mimics of the oxygen evolving complex in photosystem II, coupled to photoinduced charge separation. Biomimetic electron donors, manganese complexes and tyrosine, have been linked to a Ru(II)-polypyridine photosensitiser. Oxidation of the donors by intramolecular electron transfer from the photooxidised Ru(III) complex was demonstrated
