Anders Thapper group
Artificial photosynthesis and bioinorganic chemistry
Our research
Our research is within the fields of artificial photosynthesis and bioinorganic chemistry. For artificial photosynthesis the research is focused on synthesis of transition metal complexes as catalysts for the oxidation of water to oxygen. We are also interested in linking these catalysts to photosensitizers and/or electrode surfaces to be able to catalyse water oxidation using the energy from the sun. In our bioinorganic project we are synthesizing iron-manganese complexes as models for dimetal-carboxylate proteins. We are interested in metal specificity and the chemistry that lies behind that some dimetal-carboxylate proteins contain both manganese and iron when most contain only iron.
For more information regarding solar fuel, see the Swedish Swedish Consortium for Artificial Photosynthesis (CAP).
The Thapper group is currently working on the following projects:
Artificial photosynthesis
Water oxidation
- Cobalt-based catalysts for light-driven water oxidation.
- Iron-based catalysts for light-driven water oxidation.
Bio-inorganic Chemistry
Iron-manganese cofactors in dimetal carboxylate proteins
- Iron-manganese complexes as biomimetic models for a new class of dimetal carboxylate proteins.
Group members
Publications
Photocatalytic Generation of Divalent Lanthanide Reducing Agents
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 22555-22562, 2023
Water Oxidation by Pentapyridyl Base Metal Complexes?: A Case Study
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 9104-9118, 2022
Gold nanoparticle-based supramolecular approach for dye-sensitized H-2-evolving photocathodes
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 15716-15724, 2022
Two routes to hydrogen evolution for a Co-polypyridyl complex with two open sites
Part of Electronic Structure, 2022
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 660-674, 2021
Spin transition in a ferrous chloride complex supported by a pentapyridine ligand
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 2703-2706, 2020
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 31372-31381, 2020
Using Surface Amide Couplings to Assemble Photocathodes for Solar Fuel Production Applications
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 4501-4509, 2020
Part of Inorganica Chimica Acta, p. 254-260, 2019
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 3576-3582, 2019
Part of Sustainable Energy & Fuels, p. 2159-2175, 2019
Formation of persistent organic diradicals from N,N'-diphenyl-3,7- diazacyclooctanes
Part of Monatshefte fuer Chemie, p. 77-84, 2019
Ligand modification to stabilize the cobalt complexes for water oxidation
Part of International journal of hydrogen energy, p. 29716-29724, 2017
Part of ChemSusChem, p. 4616-4623, 2017
Part of ChemSusChem, p. 1178-1186, 2016
Mononuclear Iron Complexes with Tetraazadentate Ligands as Water Oxidation Catalysts
Part of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 3262-3268, 2016
Part of ChemSusChem, p. 2957-2966, 2016
Structural transformation of Bi1-x/3V1-xMoxO4 solid solutions for light-driven water oxidationt
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 3895-3904, 2016
A nickel (II) PY5 complex as an electrocatalyst for water oxidation
Part of Journal of Catalysis, p. 72-78, 2016
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 13074-13077, 2015
First turnover analysis of water-oxidation catalyzed by Co-oxide nanoparticles
Part of Energy & Environmental Science, p. 2492-2503, 2015
Part of Polyhedron, p. 81-89, 2015
Part of Analytical Methods, p. 8513-8518, 2014
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 11965-11975, 2014
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 3661-3669, 2014
Photo-Induced Water Oxidation Based on a Mononuclear Cobalt(II) Complex
Part of Chinese journal of chemistry, p. 467-473, 2014
Water Oxidation Catalyzed by a Dinuclear Cobalt–Polypyridine Complex
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, p. 14499-14502, 2014
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 5130-5139, 2013
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 8638-8640, 2013
Copper-substituted forms of the wild type and C42A variant of rubredoxin
Part of Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, p. 232-237, 2013
Part of Green, p. 43-57, 2013
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 2332-2337, 2012
Atomic structure of cobalt-oxide nanoparticles activein light-driven catalysis of water oxidation
Part of International journal of hydrogen energy, p. 8878-8888, 2012
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 3425-3430, 2011
Photochemical water oxidation with visible light using a cobalt containing catalyst
Part of Energy and Environmental Science, p. 1284-1287, 2011
Synthesis and characterisation of low valent Mn-complexes as models for Mn-catalases
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 11035-11044, 2010
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 10044-10054, 2009
Analysis of current and alternative phenol based RNA extraction methodologies for cyanobacteria
Part of BMC Molecular Biology, p. 79, 2009
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 7990-7998, 2009
Defining the Far-Red Limit of Photosystem II in Spinach
Part of The Plant Cell, p. 2391-2401, 2009
Part of Energy & Environmental Science, p. 668-676, 2008
Part of Biochemistry, p. 5542-5551, 2007
Part of Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, p. 353-366, 2007