Protein-Templated Synthesis and Assembly of Nanostructuctures for Hydrogen Production
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A variety of sulfide nanomaterials with controlled size, phase structure, and three-dimensional architectures have been synthesized using E. Coli bacteria and genetically engineered virus (P22) as affinity bio-templates. Photoelectrodes fabricated using the E. Coli templated synthesis of hollow CdS nanostructures exhibit excellent performance for photocatalytic hydrogen production with a photoconversion efficiency of 4.2 % under global AM 1.5 illumination in the presence of a sacrificial electron-donor of mixed S and SO3 . This is significantly better than the 1.34 % efficiency obtained using CdS nanoparticles synthesized utilizing the same procedure in the absence of E. Coli. The potential of utilizing the P22 virus architecture to improve efficiency and durability of the IrO2-Zn Porphyrin system for the water splitting reaction is also being explored. Moreover, the ability of the icosahedral P22 structures to act as scaffolds for energy harvesting via Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is being investigated.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011