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Hydrogen Production and Utilization in a Membrane Reactor
Published on: March 10, 2023
Induction of a proton gradient across a gold-supported biomimetic membrane by electroenzymatic H2 oxidation
Óscar Gutiérrez-Sanz1, Cristina Tapia, Marta C Marques
1Instituto de Catáisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC c/ Marie Curie 2, 28049 Madrid (Spain).
Abstract:
Energy-transduction mechanisms in living organisms, such as photosynthesis and respiration, store light and chemical energy in the form of an electrochemical gradient created across a lipid bilayer. Herein we show that the proton concentration at an electrode/phospholipid-bilayer interface can be controlled and monitored electrochemically by immobilizing a membrane-bound hydrogenase. Thus, the energy derived from the electroenzymatic oxidation of H2 can be used to generate a proton gradient across the supported biomimetic membrane.
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