Electron Transfer

Shunichi Fukuzumi earned a bachelor's degree and PhD. degree in applied chemistry at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1973 and 1978, respectively. After working as a postdoctoral fellow (1978-1981) at Indiana University in USA, he joined the Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka University in 1981 and was promoted to a Full Professor in 1994. Professor Fukuzumi has authored over 600 scientific publications. He is the director of a SORST (Solution Oriented Research for Science and Technology) project. He is also the leader of a Global COE program, Global Education and Research Center for Bio-Environmental Chemistry that started in 2007.

- Introduction
- Marcus Theory of Electron Transfer
- Photosynthetic Reaction Center Models
- Electron Donor-Acceptor Dyads
- Supramolecular Electron Transfer
-- Cation-Anion Binding
-- Pi-Complexes
-- Electron-Transfer Switching
-- Dendrimers
-- Supramolecular Solar Cells
- Effects of Metal Ions on Photoinduced Electron Transfer
- Photoredox Catalysis
-- Photocatalytic Oxygenation
-- Photocatalytic Oxybromination
-- Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
-- DAN Cleavage
-- Anti-Markovnikov Hydroetherification
-- Photocatalytic Cycloaddition
-- Photocatalytic Hydrotrifluoromethylation
-- Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
- Hydrogen Storage
-- Interconversion between Hydrogen and Formic Acid
-- Interconversion between Hydrogen and NADH
-- Hydrogen Evolution from Alcohols
-- Hydrogen Evolution from Paraformaldehyde
- Metal Ion-Coupled Electron Transfer (MCET)
-- MCET of O2
-- Binding Modes of Metal Ions
-- Self-Organized MCET
-- Accelerating and Decelerating Effects of Metal Ions
-- Driving Force Dependence of MCET Rate Constants
-- MCET Coupled with Hydrogen Bonding
-- MCET Catalysis
--- Hydride Transfer vs. Cycloaddition
--- SOD Models
-- MCET of Metal-Oxo Complexes
-- PCET of Metal-Oxo Complexes
-- Unified Mechanism of MCET and PCET of Metal-Oxo Complexes
-- MCET of Metal-Peroxo Complexes
- Catalytic Reduction of O2
- Catalytic Oxidation of H2O
- Production of Hydrogen Peroxide from Water and Oxygen as a Solar Fuel
- Production and Usage of Hydrogen Peroxide as a Solar Fuel in Seawater
- Photosystem II Mimic
- Conclusion and Perspective