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1 September 2006 Light-Driven Water Splitting for (Bio-)Hydrogen Production: Photosystem 2 as the Central Part of a Bioelectrochemical Device
Adrian Badura, Berndt Esper, Kenichi Ataka, Christian Grunwald, Christof Wöll, Jürgen Kuhlmann, Joachim Heberle, Matthias Rögner
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To establish a semiartificial device for (bio-)hydrogen production utilizing photosynthetic water oxidation, we report on the immobilization of a Photosystem 2 on electrode surfaces. For this purpose, an isolated Photosystem 2 with a genetically introduced His tag from the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus was attached onto gold electrodes modified with thiolates bearing terminal Ni(II)-nitrilotriacetic acid groups. Surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy showed the binding kinetics of Photosystem 2, whereas surface plasmon resonance measurements allowed the amount of protein adsorbed to be quantified. On the basis of these data, the surface coverage was calculated to be 0.29 pmol protein cm−2, which is in agreement with the formation of a monomolecular film on the electrode surface. Upon illumination, the generation of a photocurrent was observed with current densities of up to 14 μA cm−2. This photocurrent is clearly dependent on light quality showing an action spectrum similar to an isolated Photosystem 2. The achieved current densities are equivalent to the highest reported oxygen evolution activities in solution under comparable conditions.

Adrian Badura, Berndt Esper, Kenichi Ataka, Christian Grunwald, Christof Wöll, Jürgen Kuhlmann, Joachim Heberle, and Matthias Rögner "Light-Driven Water Splitting for (Bio-)Hydrogen Production: Photosystem 2 as the Central Part of a Bioelectrochemical Device," Photochemistry and Photobiology 82(5), 1385-1390, (1 September 2006). https://doi.org/10.1562/2006-07-14-RC-969
Received: 14 July 2006; Accepted: 28 July 2006; Published: 1 September 2006
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