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
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A Sm(II)-based catalyst for the reduction of dinitrogen, nitrite, and nitrate to ammonia or urea
Part of Chem, 2025
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Photocatalytic product-selective reduction of CO2, CO and carbonates.
Part of Chem, 2025
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Part of Advanced Science, 2025
- DOI for Unassisted Switchable Dual-Photoelectrode Devices Utilizing p-n Carbon Quantum Dots as "Semiconductor Electrolytes": Optimization Between H2O2 and Solar Electricity Production
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Carboxylate and coordination influence on the formation of an active RuV Oxo species
Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
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Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 11074-11081, 2025
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Part of Small, 2025
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Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 594-605, 2025
- DOI for Divalent intermediates in lanthanide-based photocatalysts: spectroscopic characterization and reactivity
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Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024
- DOI for Expanding the Landscape of Phosphorous‐Based Open Shell Species: Stable Mono‐, Di‐, and Trianionic Radicals Based on a Contorted Triphosphaalkene
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Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024
- DOI for Introducing Phosphorus into the Overcrowded Thiele's hydrocarbon Family: Unveiling Contorted Main Group Diradicaloids with Dynamic Redox Behavior
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Photocatalyst for Visible-Light-Driven Sm(II)-Mediated Reductions
Part of Organic Letters, p. 10752-10756, 2024
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Photocatalytic Generation of Divalent Lanthanide Reducing Agents
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 22555-22562, 2023
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Water Oxidation by Pentapyridyl Base Metal Complexes?: A Case Study
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 9104-9118, 2022
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Gold nanoparticle-based supramolecular approach for dye-sensitized H-2-evolving photocathodes
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 15716-15724, 2022
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Two routes to hydrogen evolution for a Co-polypyridyl complex with two open sites
Part of Electronic Structure, 2022
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Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 660-674, 2021
- DOI for Electronic and geometric structure effects on one-electron oxidation of first-row transition metals in the same ligand framework
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Spin transition in a ferrous chloride complex supported by a pentapyridine ligand
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 2703-2706, 2020
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Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 31372-31381, 2020
- DOI for Understanding the Performance of NiO Photocathodes with Alkyl-Derivatized Cobalt Catalysts and a Push-Pull Dye
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Using Surface Amide Couplings to Assemble Photocathodes for Solar Fuel Production Applications
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 4501-4509, 2020
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Part of Inorganica Chimica Acta, p. 254-260, 2019
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Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 3576-3582, 2019
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Part of Sustainable Energy & Fuels, p. 2159-2175, 2019
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Formation of persistent organic diradicals from N,N'-diphenyl-3,7- diazacyclooctanes
Part of Monatshefte fuer Chemie, p. 77-84, 2019
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Part of Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2017
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Water oxidation catalyzed by mononuclear iron and cobalt polypyridine complexes
Part of Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2017
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Ligand modification to stabilize the cobalt complexes for water oxidation
Part of International journal of hydrogen energy, p. 29716-29724, 2017
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Part of ChemSusChem, p. 4616-4623, 2017
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Part of ChemSusChem, p. 1178-1186, 2016
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Mononuclear Iron Complexes with Tetraazadentate Ligands as Water Oxidation Catalysts
Part of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 3262-3268, 2016
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Part of ChemSusChem, p. 2957-2966, 2016
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Structural transformation of Bi1-x/3V1-xMoxO4 solid solutions for light-driven water oxidationt
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 3895-3904, 2016
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A nickel (II) PY5 complex as an electrocatalyst for water oxidation
Part of Journal of Catalysis, p. 72-78, 2016
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Part of Chemical Communications, p. 13074-13077, 2015
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First turnover analysis of water-oxidation catalyzed by Co-oxide nanoparticles
Part of Energy & Environmental Science, p. 2492-2503, 2015
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Part of Polyhedron, p. 81-89, 2015
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A Luz ao Serviço da Humanidade – A produção de combustíveis solares
Part of Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, p. 23-29, 2015
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Part of Analytical Methods, p. 8513-8518, 2014
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Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 11965-11975, 2014
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Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 3661-3669, 2014
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Photo-Induced Water Oxidation Based on a Mononuclear Cobalt(II) Complex
Part of Chinese journal of chemistry, p. 467-473, 2014
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Water Oxidation Catalyzed by a Dinuclear Cobalt–Polypyridine Complex
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, p. 14499-14502, 2014
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Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 5130-5139, 2013
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Part of Chemical Communications, p. 8638-8640, 2013
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Copper-substituted forms of the wild type and C42A variant of rubredoxin
Part of Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, p. 232-237, 2013
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Part of Green, p. 43-57, 2013
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Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 2332-2337, 2012
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Atomic structure of cobalt-oxide nanoparticles activein light-driven catalysis of water oxidation
Part of International journal of hydrogen energy, p. 8878-8888, 2012
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Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 3425-3430, 2011
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Photochemical water oxidation with visible light using a cobalt containing catalyst
Part of Energy and Environmental Science, p. 1284-1287, 2011
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Synthesis and characterisation of low valent Mn-complexes as models for Mn-catalases
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 11035-11044, 2010
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Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 10044-10054, 2009