Photocatalytic hydrogen production using polymeric carbon nitride with a hydrogenase and a bioinspired synthetic Ni catalyst.
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ABSTRACT: Solar-light-driven H2 production in water with a [NiFeSe]-hydrogenase (H2ase) and a bioinspired synthetic nickel catalyst (NiP) in combination with a heptazine carbon nitride polymer, melon (CN(x)), is reported. The semibiological and purely synthetic systems show catalytic activity during solar light irradiation with turnover numbers (TONs) of more than 50,000?mol?H2(mol?H2ase)(-1) and approximately 155?mol?H2?(mol?NiP)(-1) in redox-mediator-free aqueous solution at pH?6 and 4.5, respectively. Both systems maintained a reduced photoactivity under UV-free solar light irradiation (?>420?nm).
SUBMITTER: Caputo CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4497605 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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