Of the 118 articles published in Nature Chemistry in 2012, Prof. Llobet and coworkers paper holds the third position in the ranking of most popular papers according to ‘page views’ or downloads that appear on the associated article-level-metrics pages.

The paper entitled ‘A molecular ruthenium catalyst with water-oxidation activity comparable to that of photosystem II’ counts with more than 15430 views (more than 15750 nowadays), taking a well-deserved third place in the Top 10 articles published in the journal in 2012.

The paper deals with the synthesis and mechanism of the first compound capable of oxidizing water with an efficiency comparable to that of the natural catalyst. The ruthenium compound designed by Llobet’s team reaches 300 s^-1 leading to the formation of 0.72 litres of oxygen per milligram of catalyst.