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Research Publications
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F. Kuttassery, Y. Ohsaki, A. Thomas, R. Kamata, Y. Ebato, H. Kumagai, R. Nakazato, A. Sebastian, S. Mathew, H. Tachibana, O. Ishitani, H. Inoue, A molecular Z-scheme artificial photosynthetic system under the bias-free condition for CO2 reduction coupled with two electron water oxidation: Photocatalytic production of CO/HCOOH and H2O2, Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed., Accepted, (2023) DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308956, (Hot Article!)
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M. R. Melechalil, K. Arakawa, Y. Hirade, F. Kuttassery, T. Shimada, T. Ishida, S. Takagi. Enhanced Fluorescence behaviour of Safranine-O by complexing with inorganic clay nanosheets, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, 15, 100182, (2023), (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpap.2023.100182)
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A. Thomas, Y. Ohsaki, R. Nakazato, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S. N. Remello, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Molecular charactrestics of water insoluble Tin-Porphyrins for designing the one-photon-induced two-electron oxidation of water in artificial photosynthesis, Molecules, 28(4), 1882, (2023), (DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041882)
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S. Mathew, A. Sebastian, F. Kuttassery, Y. Yamauchi, T. Isobe, T. Hatanake, Y. Funahashi, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Supramolecular aluminium - based molecular catalyst for water oxidation into H2O2 in saline water, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 6(18), 4256 - 4264, (2022) (DOI: 10.1039/D2SE00972B)
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F. Kuttassery, H. Kumagai, R. Kamata, Y. Ebato, M. Higashi, H. Suzuki, R. Abe, O. Ishitani. Supramolecular photocatalysts fixed on the inside of the polypyrrole layer in dye sensitized molecular photocathodes: Application to photocatalytic CO2 reduction coupled with water oxidation. Chemical Science, 12(39), 13216-13232(2021), (DOI: 10.1039/D1SC03756K)
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S. Mathew, A. Sebastian, F. Kuttassery, S. Takagi, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Acid-base equilibria of axial ligands and peripheral pyridyl group with stepwise formation of nine species of aluminum(III) tera(4-pyridyl) porphyrins. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 120529 (2021) (DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120529)
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K. Sano, F. Kuttassery, T. Shimada, T. Ishida, S. Takagi, B. Ohtani, A. Yamakata, T. Honma, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Optically transparant colloidal dispersion of titania nanoparticles storable for longer than one year prepared by sol/gel progressive hydrolysis/condensation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(40), 44743-44753 (2020) (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c12951)
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Y. Ohsaki, A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S.N. Remello, T. Shimada, T. Ishida, S. Takagi, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Two-electron oxidation of water to form hydrogen peroxide initiated by one-electron oxidation of Tin (IV)-porphyrins, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 401, 112732 (2020). (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112732)
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A. Sebastian, S.N. Remello, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, Y. Ohsaki, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Protolytic behavior of water-soluble zinc (II) porphyrin and the electrocatalytic two-electron water oxidation to form hydrogen peroxide. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 400, 112619 (2020). (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112619)
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F.Kuttassery, S. Mathew, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, How one-photon can induce water splitting into hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen by aluminum porphyrins. Rationale of the thermodynamics. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4(4), 1945-1953 (2020) (DOI: 10.1039/D0SE00044B)
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F.Kuttassery, S.Sagawa, S. Mathew, Y. Nabetani, A. Iwase, A. Kudo, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Water Splitting on Aluminum Porphyrin to form Hydrogen and Hydrogen Peroxide by One Photon of Visible light. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2, 11, 8045-8051 (2019) (DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b01552)
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F. Kuttassery, A. Sebastian, S. Mathew, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Promotive effect of bicarbonate ion on water oxidation to form H2O2 catalyzed by aluminum porphyrins. . ChemSusChem 12, 1939-1948 (2019) (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201900560)
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F. Kuttassery, S.Mathew, S.N. Remello, A.Thomas, K.Sano, Y. Ohsaki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Alternative route to bypass the bottle-neck of water oxidation: Two-electron oxidation of water catalyzed by earth-abundant metalloporphyrins, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 377, 64-72 (2018) (DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.08.027)
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Y. Ohsaki, A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S.N. Remello, Y. Nabetani, T. Shimada, S. Takagi, H.Tachibana, H.Inoue. How does the Tin(IV) insertion to porphyrins proceed in water at ambient temperature?: Re-investigation by time dependent 1H-NMR and detection of intermediates, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 482, 914-924 (2018) (DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2018.07.036).
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S.N. Remello, F. Kuttassery, S.Mathew, A.Thomas, D.Yamamoto, Y.Nabetani, K.Sano, H.Tachibana, H.Inoue. Two-electron oxidation of water to form hydrogen peroxide catalysed by silicon-porphyrins. Sustainable energy & Fuels, 2, 1966-1973 (2018) (DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00102B ) (Selected as cover page of the issue)
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A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S.N. Remello, Y. Ohsaki, D. Yamamoto, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Protolytic behavior of axially coordinated hydroxyl groups of Tin (IV) porphyrins as promising molecular catalyst for water oxidation. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 358, 402-410 (2018) (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.09.053)
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F. Kuttassery, D.Yamamoto, S. Mathew, S. N. Remello, A.Thomas, Y. Nabetani, A. Iwase, A. Kudo, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue., Photochemical hydrogen evolution on metal ion surface- grafted TiO2 particles prepared by sol/gel method without calcination J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 358, 386-394 (2018) (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.09.048)
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S.Mathew, F. Kuttassery, S.N. Remello, A. Thomas, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Two-electron oxidation of water initiated through one-photon excitation of aluminum porphyrins: Detection of key intermediates and molecular mechanism ChemPhotoChem 2, 240-248 (2018) (DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201700155) (Highlighted as Very Important Paper)
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F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S. Sagawa, S. N. Remello, A.Thomas, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, One electron-initiated two-electron oxidation of water by aluminum porphyrins with earth’s most abundant metal. ChemSusChem 10, 1909-1915 (2017) (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201700322) ( Selected as cover page of the issue)
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A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. N. Remello, S. Mathew, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, Facile Synthesis of Water Soluble Cationic Tin (IV) Porphyrins and Water Insoluble Tin (IV) Porphyrins in Water at Ambient Temperature. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.,89, 902-904 (2016) (DOI:10.1246/bcsj.20160091).
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S. Mathew, F. Kuttassery, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, One-Pot Facile Synthesis of Water-Soluble Cationic Aluminum(III) Porphyrins in a Unique Heterogeneous System at Ambient Temperature. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 89, 334-336 (2016)( DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20150388).
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S. N. Remello, F. Kuttassery, T. Hirano, Y. Nabetani, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, Synthesis of water-soluble silicon-porphyrin: protolytic behaviour of axially coordinated hydroxy groups. Dalton Trans. 44, 20011-20020 (2015)(DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03654B).
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S. N. Remello, T. Hirano, F. Kuttassery, Y. Nabetani, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, Visible light induced oxygenation of alkenes with water sensitized by silicon-porphyrins with the second most earth-abundant element. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 313, 176-183 (2015)(DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.07.016).
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S. Mathew, F. Kuttassery, Y. Gomi, D. Yamamoto, R. Kiyooka, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, Photochemical oxygenation of cyclohexene with water sensitized by aluminium (III) porphyrins with visible light. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 313, 137-142 (2015) (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.06.001).
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F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, 1. Artificial Photosynthesis Sensitized by Metal Complexes: Utilization of a Ubiquitous Element. Electrochemistry 82, 475-485 (2014) (DOI:10.5796/electrochemistry.82.475).