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Cobb SJ, Rodríguez-Jiménez S, Reisner E. Connecting Biological and Synthetic Approaches for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202310547. [PMID: 37983571 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
Abstract
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction has developed into a broad field, spanning fundamental studies of enzymatic 'model' catalysts to synthetic molecular catalysts and heterogeneous gas diffusion electrodes producing commercially relevant quantities of product. This diversification has resulted in apparent differences and a disconnect between seemingly related approaches when using different types of catalysts. Enzymes possess discrete and well understood active sites that can perform reactions with high selectivity and activities at their thermodynamic limit. Synthetic small molecule catalysts can be designed with desired active site composition but do not yet display enzyme-like performance. These properties of the biological and small molecule catalysts contrast with heterogeneous materials, which can contain multiple, often poorly understood active sites with distinct reactivity and therefore introducing significant complexity in understanding their activities. As these systems are being better understood and the continuously improving performance of their heterogeneous active sites closes the gap with enzymatic activity, this performance difference between heterogeneous and enzymatic systems begins to close. This convergence removes the barriers between using different types of catalysts and future challenges can be addressed without multiple efforts as a unified picture for the biological-synthetic catalyst spectrum emerges.
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- Samuel J Cobb
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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Labidi RJ, Faivre B, Carpentier P, Veronesi G, Solé-Daura A, Bjornsson R, Léger C, Gotico P, Li Y, Atta M, Fontecave M. Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by a Molybdenum-Copper Artificial Hydrogenase. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37307141 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Orange protein (Orp) is a small bacterial metalloprotein of unknown function that harbors a unique molybdenum/copper (Mo/Cu) heterometallic cluster, [S2MoS2CuS2MoS2]3-. In this paper, the performance of Orp as a catalyst for the photocatalytic reduction of protons into H2 has been investigated under visible light irradiation. We report the complete biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of holo-Orp containing the [S2MoS2CuS2MoS2]3- cluster, with docking and molecular dynamics simulations suggesting a positively charged Arg, Lys-containing pocket as the binding site. Holo-Orp exhibits excellent photocatalytic activity, in the presence of ascorbate as the sacrificial electron donor and [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 as the photosensitizer, for hydrogen evolution with a maximum turnover number of 890 after 4 h irradiation. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to propose a consistent reaction mechanism in which the terminal sulfur atoms are playing a key role in promoting H2 formation. A series of dinuclear [S2MS2M'S2MS2](4n)- clusters, with M = MoVI, WVI and M'(n+) = CuI, FeI, NiI, CoI, ZnII, CdII were assembled in Orp, leading to different M/M'-Orp versions which are shown to display catalytic activity, with the Mo/Fe-Orp catalyst giving a remarkable turnover number (TON) of 1150 after 2.5 h reaction and an initial turnover frequency (TOF°) of 800 h-1 establishing a record among previously reported artificial hydrogenases.
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- Raphaël J Labidi
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229, Collège de France/CNRS/Sorbonne Université, 11 place Marcellin-Berthelot, 75231 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229, Collège de France/CNRS/Sorbonne Université, 11 place Marcellin-Berthelot, 75231 Paris, France
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- Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229, Collège de France/CNRS/Sorbonne Université, 11 place Marcellin-Berthelot, 75231 Paris, France
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- Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire des Mécanismes Fondamentaux de la Bioénergétique, DRF/JOLIOT/SB2SM, UMR 9198 CEA/CNRS/I2BC, 91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229, Collège de France/CNRS/Sorbonne Université, 11 place Marcellin-Berthelot, 75231 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229, Collège de France/CNRS/Sorbonne Université, 11 place Marcellin-Berthelot, 75231 Paris, France
- Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229, Collège de France/CNRS/Sorbonne Université, 11 place Marcellin-Berthelot, 75231 Paris, France
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Liu Y, Wang D, Yang B, Li Z, Peng X, Liu Z, Zeng L, Zhang T, Rodriguez RD, Lei L, Hou Y. Efficiently electrochemical CO2 reduction on molybdenum-nitrogen-carbon catalysts with optimized p-block axial ligands. Chem Eng Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2023.118638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Sun K, Yu K, Fang J, Zhuang Z, Tan X, Wu Y, Zeng L, Zhuang Z, Pan Y, Chen C. Nature-Inspired Design of Molybdenum-Selenium Dual-Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for CO 2 Reduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2206478. [PMID: 36063050 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202206478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) is becoming an increasingly important technology for achieving carbon neutrality. Inspired by the structure of naturally occurring Mo-dependent enzymes capable of activating CO2 , a heteronuclear Mo-Se dual-single-atom electrocatalyst (MoSA-SeSA) for ECR into CO with a Faradaic efficiency of above 90% over a broad potential window from -0.4 to -1.0 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode is demonstrated here. Both operando characterization and theoretical simulation results verify that MoSA acts as central atoms that directly interact with the ECR feedstock and intermediates, whereas the SeSA adjacent to MoSA modulates the electronic structure of MoSA through long-range electron delocalization for inhibiting MoSA poisoning caused by strong CO adsorption. In addition, the SeSAs far from MoSA help suppress the competing hydrogen evolution side reaction and accelerate the CO2 transport by repelling H2 O. This work provides new insight into the precise regulation and in-depth understanding of multisite synergistic catalysis at the atomic scale.
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- Kaian Sun
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Graham JE, Niks D, Zane GM, Gui Q, Hom K, Hille R, Wall JD, Raman CS. How a Formate Dehydrogenase Responds to Oxygen: Unexpected O 2 Insensitivity of an Enzyme Harboring Tungstopterin, Selenocysteine, and [4Fe–4S] Clusters. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Joel E. Graham
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland21201, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, California92521, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri65211, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri65211, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland21201, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, California92521, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri65211, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland21201, United States
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Vyas D, Sharma S. Noble metal-free La0.80Sr0.20CoO3 thin film electrode for sodium formate electrooxidation. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Liu M, Nazemi A, Taylor MG, Nandy A, Duan C, Steeves AH, Kulik HJ. Large-Scale Screening Reveals That Geometric Structure Matters More Than Electronic Structure in the Bioinspired Catalyst Design of Formate Dehydrogenase Mimics. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Mingjie Liu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Meneghello M, Léger C, Fourmond V. Electrochemical Studies of CO 2 -Reducing Metalloenzymes. Chemistry 2021; 27:17542-17553. [PMID: 34506631 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Only two enzymes are capable of directly reducing CO2 : CO dehydrogenase, which produces CO at a [NiFe4 S4 ] active site, and formate dehydrogenase, which produces formate at a mononuclear W or Mo active site. Both metalloenzymes are very rapid, energy-efficient and specific in terms of product. They have been connected to electrodes with two different objectives. A series of studies used protein film electrochemistry to learn about different aspects of the mechanism of these enzymes (reactivity with substrates, inhibitors…). Another series focused on taking advantage of the catalytic performance of these enzymes to build biotechnological devices, from CO2 -reducing electrodes to full photochemical devices performing artificial photosynthesis. Here, we review all these works.
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- Marta Meneghello
- CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, UMR 7281, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, and, Institut Microbiologie, Bioénergies et Biotechnologie, 31 chemin J. Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, UMR 7281, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, and, Institut Microbiologie, Bioénergies et Biotechnologie, 31 chemin J. Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, UMR 7281, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, and, Institut Microbiologie, Bioénergies et Biotechnologie, 31 chemin J. Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Sproules S. Oxo versus Sulfido Coordination at Tungsten: A Spectroscopic and Correlated Ab Initio Electronic Structure Study. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:9057-9063. [PMID: 34096284 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The tungsten ion that resides at the active site of a unique class of enzymes only found in esoteric hyperthermophilic archaea bacteria is known to possess at least one terminal chalcogenide ligand. The identity of this as either an oxo or sulfido (or both) is difficult to ascertain from structural studies; therefore, small-molecule analogues are developed to calibrate and substantiate spectroscopic signatures obtained from native proteins. The electronic structures of Tp*WECl2 (E = O, S; Tp* = hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)borate) have been scrutinized using electronic, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and X-ray absorption spectroscopy to assess the impact of terminal chalcogen on the adjacent cis chloride ligands. Examination at the Cl K-edge provides a direct probe of the bonding and therein lability of these chloride ligands, and in conjunction with density functional theoretical and multireference calculations reveals greater bond covalency in Tp*WOCl2 compared to Tp*WSCl2. The computational model and electronic structure assignment are corroborated by the reproduction of spin-Hamiltonian parameters, whose magnitude is dominated by the sizeable spin-orbit coupling of tungsten.
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- Stephen Sproules
- WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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Loewen ND, Pattanayak S, Herber R, Fettinger JC, Berben LA. Quantification of the Electrostatic Effect on Redox Potential by Positive Charges in a Catalyst Microenvironment. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:3066-3073. [PMID: 33750139 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Charged functional groups in the secondary coordination sphere (SCS) of a heterogeneous nanoparticle or homogeneous electrocatalyst are of growing interest due to enhancements in reactivity that derive from specific interactions that stabilize substrate binding or charged intermediates. At the same time, accurate benchmarking of electrocatalyst systems most often depends on the development of linear free-energy scaling relationships. However, the thermodynamic axis in those kinetic-thermodynamic correlations is most often obtained by a direct electrochemical measurement of the catalyst redox potential and might be influenced by electrostatic effects of a charged SCS. In this report, we systematically probe positive charges in a SCS and their electrostatic contributions to the electrocatalyst redox potential. A series of 11 iron carbonyl clusters modified with charged and uncharged ligands was probed, and a linear correlation between the νCO absorption band energy and electrochemical redox potentials is observed except where the SCS is positively charged.
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- Natalia D Loewen
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Alvarez-Malmagro J, Oliveira AR, Gutiérrez-Sánchez C, Villajos B, Pereira IA, Vélez M, Pita M, De Lacey AL. Bioelectrocatalytic Activity of W-Formate Dehydrogenase Covalently Immobilized on Functionalized Gold and Graphite Electrodes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:11891-11900. [PMID: 33656858 PMCID: PMC8479727 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c21932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The decrease of greenhouse gases such as CO2 has become a key challenge for the human kind and the study of the electrocatalytic properties of CO2-reducing enzymes such as formate dehydrogenases is of importance for this goal. In this work, we study the covalent bonding of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough FdhAB formate dehydrogenase to chemically modified gold and low-density graphite electrodes, using electrostatic interactions for favoring oriented immobilization of the enzyme. Electrochemical measurements show both bioelectrocatalytic oxidation of formate and reduction of CO2 by direct electron transfer (DET). Atomic force microscopy and quartz crystal microbalance characterization, as well as a comparison of direct and mediated electrocatalysis, suggest that a compact layer of formate dehydrogenase was anchored to the electrode surface with some crosslinked aggregates. Furthermore, the operational stability for CO2 electroreduction to formate by DET is shown with approximately 100% Faradaic yield.
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- Julia Alvarez-Malmagro
- Instituto
de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, c/Marie Curie 2, L10, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnologia Química e Biologica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto
de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, c/Marie Curie 2, L10, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnologia Química e Biologica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto
de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, c/Marie Curie 2, L10, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto
de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, c/Marie Curie 2, L10, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto
de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, c/Marie Curie 2, L10, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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