Issue 7, 2011

CO2 photoreduction at enzyme-modified metal oxidenanoparticles

Abstract

A model system for photoreduction of CO2 to CO using visible light has been extensively studied, using a catalyst for which the CO2/CO reaction is electrochemically reversible. The hybrid system comprises metal oxide nanoparticles functionalised with the enzyme carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH), and sensitised to visible light using a ruthenium bipyridyl photosensitiser. An anatase/rutile TiO2 mixture (Evonik Degussa P25) was selected as the most suitable semiconductor, and CO production rates and stability were examined as a function of each component (photosensitiser, enzyme and TiO2). Tolerance to O2 and effects of different electron donors were also investigated, together with strategies to control enzyme binding at the surface of TiO2 in order to enhance overall activity.

Graphical abstract: CO2 photoreduction at enzyme-modified metal oxide nanoparticles

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Dec 2010
Accepted
07 Mar 2011
First published
25 Mar 2011

Energy Environ. Sci., 2011,4, 2393-2399

CO2 photoreduction at enzyme-modified metal oxide nanoparticles

T. W. Woolerton, S. Sheard, E. Pierce, S. W. Ragsdale and F. A. Armstrong, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 2393 DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00780C

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