Molecular-modified photocathodes for applications in artificial photosynthesis and solar-to-fuel technologies

EA Reyes Cruz, D Nishiori, BL Wadsworth… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nature offers inspiration for developing technologies that integrate the capture, conversion,
and storage of solar energy. In this review article, we highlight principles of natural …

[FeFe]-Hydrogenases: maturation and reactivity of enzymatic systems and overview of biomimetic models

JT Kleinhaus, F Wittkamp, S Yadav… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
While hydrogen plays an ever-increasing role in modern society, nature has utilized
hydrogen since a very long time as an energy carrier and storage molecule. Among the …

[HTML][HTML] Catalytic systems mimicking the [FeFe]-hydrogenase active site for visible-light-driven hydrogen production

J Amaro-Gahete, MV Pavliuk, H Tian, D Esquivel… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
A global hydrogen economy could ensure environmentally sustainable, safe and cost-
efficient renewable energy for the 21st century. Solar hydrogen production through artificial …

Enzymatic and bioinspired systems for hydrogen production

L Leone, G Sgueglia, S La Gatta, M Chino… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The extraordinary potential of hydrogen as a clean and sustainable fuel has sparked the
interest of the scientific community to find environmentally friendly methods for its production …

The expanding utility of iron-sulfur clusters: Their functional roles in biology, synthetic small molecules, maquettes and artificial proteins, biomimetic materials, and …

AE Boncella, ET Sabo, RM Santore, J Carter… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ubiquity, structural variation, and functional diversity of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters in
biological environments has long fascinated scientists. In nature, Fe-S clusters form a variety …

[HTML][HTML] An unexpected leading role for [Fe2 (CO) 6 (μ-pdt)] in our understanding of [FeFe]-H2ases and the search for clean hydrogen production

G Hogarth - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract When Ziegler and Korav serendipitously prepared [Fe 2 (CO) 6 (μ-pdt)] in 1979 they
could not have anticipated that some 40 years later it would be a mainstay of attempts to …

Catalytic metallopolymers from [2Fe‐2S] clusters: artificial metalloenzymes for hydrogen production

M Karayilan, WP Brezinski, KE Clary… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Reviewed herein is the development of novel polymer‐supported [2Fe‐2S] catalyst systems
for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions.[FeFe] hydrogenases are …

Engineering metalloprotein functions in designed and native scaffolds

F Nastri, D D'Alonzo, L Leone, G Zambrano… - Trends in biochemical …, 2019 - cell.com
Metalloproteins are crucial for life. The mutual relationship between metal ions and proteins
makes metalloproteins able to accomplish key processes in biological systems, often very …

From protein engineering to artificial enzymes–biological and biomimetic approaches towards sustainable hydrogen production

C Esmieu, P Raleiras, G Berggren - Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen gas is used extensively in industry today and is often put forward as a suitable
energy carrier due its high energy density. Currently, the main source of molecular hydrogen …

Artificial water-soluble systems inspired by [FeFe]-hydrogenases for electro-and photocatalytic hydrogen production

S Gao, W Fan, Y Liu, D Jiang, Q Duan - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract [FeFe]-hydrogenases efficiently catalyze the hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs)
at rates of up to 10 4 s− 1 with low overpotentials in aqueous media. Although the small …