A visible-light driven electrochemical biofuel cell with the function of CO2conversion to formic acid: coupled thylakoid from microalgae and biocatalyst immobilized electrodes
| Autor: | A. Tadokoro, M. Miyazaki, Yutaka Amao, Miki Nakamura, M. Fujimura, Naho Shuto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Chemistry
Formic acid food and beverages chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry Buffer solution 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Photosynthesis Electrochemistry 01 natural sciences Oxygen Redox Catalysis 0104 chemical sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Chemical engineering Thylakoid Materials Chemistry 0210 nano-technology Photosystem |
| Zdroj: | New Journal of Chemistry. 42:9269-9280 |
| ISSN: | 1369-9261 1144-0546 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c8nj01118d |
| Popis: | Aerobic photosynthesis in green plants, cyanobacteria, and micro-algae has two important sites in the integral-membrane photoactive complexes, photosystems I (PSI) and II (PSII). These systems are assembled into thylakoid membranes. Thylakoid membranes with oxygen-evolution activity owing to PSII can be used in visible-light driven water photolytic materials. In this work, a new visible-light driven electrochemical biofuel-based cell consisting of the thylakoid membrane of microalgae Spirulina platensis immobilized on a nanocrystalline TiO2 layer electrode as a photoanode, a formate dehydrogenase (FDH)/viologen co-immobilized electrode as a cathode, and a CO2-saturated buffer solution as the redox electrolyte, was developed. The actual short-circuit photocurrent of this cell was estimated to be ca. 50 μA cm−2. Formic acid and oxygen were produced in this biofuel cell, while generating electricity from irradiated visible light. The ratio of formic acid to oxygen produced in the biofuel cell after continuous irradiation was estimated to be ∼2. Thus, formic acid and oxygen were produced stoichiometrically in this visible-light driven electrochemical biofuel cell. Thus, a new biofuel cell system with the functions of a solar cell and the ability of CO2 conversion was developed. |
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