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Fast and efficient molecular electrocatalysts for H2 production: Using hydrogenase enzymes as guides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2011

Jenny Y. Yang ,
R. Morris Bullock ,
M. Rakowski DuBois  and
Daniel L. DuBois
Jenny Y. Yang
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA, jenny.yang@pnl.gov
R. Morris Bullock
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA, bullock@pnl.gov
M. Rakowski DuBois
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA, mary.rakowskidubois@pnl.gov
Daniel L. DuBois
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA, daniel.dubois@pnl.gov
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Abstract

Hydrogen generation using solar energy will require the development of efficient electrocatalysts for proton reduction. This article discusses the important role that proton movement plays in hydrogenase enzymes and potential devices for solar generation. Studies of hydrogenase enzymes provide many important design principles for the development of simpler molecular catalysts. These principles are illustrated with examples from the literature and from the authors’ laboratories. In particular, pendant bases incorporated in the second coordination sphere of catalytic molecules play a number of important roles that are crucial to efficient catalysis. These roles include acting as relays to move protons between the metal center and solution, promoting intra- and intermolecular proton transfer reactions, coupling proton and electron transfer reactions, assisting heterolytic cleavage of hydrogen, and stabilizing critical reaction intermediates. The importance of controlling proton movement on the molecular scale underscores the importance of a similar degree of control in devices designed for the solar production of hydrogen or any fuel generation process involving multiple electrons and protons.

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Catalyticorganometallicbiomimeticenergy generation
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Research Article
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 36 , Issue 1: Recent developments in solar water-splitting photocatalysis , January 2011 , pp. 39 - 47
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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