Issue 6, 2018

A new approach for sustained and efficient H2 photoproduction by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Abstract

Sustained H2 photoproduction is demonstrated in green algae under a train of strong white light pulses interrupted by longer dark phases. The devised protocol relies on the presence of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase in algal chloroplasts, which is activated within a few seconds after the establishment of anaerobiosis. H2 photoproduction proceeds for up to 3 days with the maximum rate occurring in the first 6 hours.

Graphical abstract: A new approach for sustained and efficient H2 photoproduction by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jan 2018
Accepted
22 Mar 2018
First published
17 Apr 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Energy Environ. Sci., 2018,11, 1431-1436

A new approach for sustained and efficient H2 photoproduction by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

S. Kosourov, M. Jokel, E. Aro and Y. Allahverdiyeva, Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11, 1431 DOI: 10.1039/C8EE00054A

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