Evolución de hidrógeno fotoquímico mejorado a partir de calcogeles biomiméticos basados en Fe4S4 que contienen

Yurina Shim1, Ryan M Young, Alexios P Douvalis

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.

Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron nuevos calcogeles de sulfuro de estaño y sulfuro de hierro integrados en metales (calcogeles) que imitan los sitios activos de la enzima. Estos materiales biomiméticos muestran una mayor actividad electrocatalítica para la reducción de protones y una mejor producción fotoquímica de hidrógeno.

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