| Autor: |
Shengtao, Lu, Roselyn M, Rodrigues, Shuyuan, Huang, Daniel A, Estabrook, John O, Chapman, Xun, Guan, Ellen M, Sletten, Chong, Liu |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Zdroj: |
Chem Catal |
| ISSN: |
2667-1093 |
| Popis: |
Powered by renewable electricity, biological | inorganic hybrids employ water-splitting electrocatalysis and generate H(2) as reducing equivalents for microbial catalysis. The approach integrates the beauty of biocatalysis with the energy efficiency of inorganic materials for sustainable chemical production. Yet a successful integration requires delicate control of the hybrid’s extracellular chemical environment. Such an argument is evident in the exemplary case of O(2) because biocatalysis has a stringent requirement of O(2) but the electrocatalysis may inadvertently perturb the oxidative pressure of biological moieties. Here we report the addition of perfluorocarbon (PFC) nanoemulsions promote a biocompatible O(2) microenvironment in a O(2)-sensitive N(2)-fixing biological | inorganic hybrid. Langmuir-type nonspecific binding between bacteria and nanoemulsions facilitates O(2) transport in bacterial microenvironment and leads to a 250% increase in efficiency for organic fertilizers within 120 hours. Controlling the biological microenvironment with nanomaterials heralds a general approach accommodating the compatibility in biological | inorganic hybrids. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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