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NATURE CATALYSIS
卷 4, 期 3, 页码 251-258出版社
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00586-1
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资金
- CNRS
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-15-CE05-0020]
- Aix Marseille Universite'
- Excellence Initiative of Aix-Marseille University-A*MIDEX, a French 'Investissements d'Avenir' programme [ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02]
- ERC [715900]
- ANR-DFG project SHIELDS [PL 746/2-1]
- RESOLV - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy [EXC-2033, 390677874]
- Max Planck Society
- DFG Priority Programme 'Iron-Sulfur for Life: Cooperative Function of Iron-Sulfur Centers in Assembly, Biosynthesis, Catalysis and Disease' [SPP 1927, BI 2198/1-1]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-15-CE05-0020] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
- European Research Council (ERC) [715900] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
The research describes a redox-active film for bidirectional and reversible hydrogen conversion, which can be used for electrocatalytic energy conversion. By serving as both the anode material and a highly energy efficient cathode material in a biofuel cell, the film demonstrates high performance. The understanding of reversibility through a kinetic model has simplified the design principles of highly efficient and stable bioelectrocatalytic films.
Efficient electrocatalytic energy conversion requires devices to function reversibly, that is, to deliver a substantial current at a minimal overpotential. Redox-active films can effectively embed and stabilize molecular electrocatalysts, but mediated electron transfer through the film typically makes the catalytic response irreversible. Here we describe a redox-active film for bidirectional (oxidation or reduction) and reversible hydrogen conversion, which consists of [FeFe] hydrogenase embedded in a low-potential, 2,2'-viologen-modified hydrogel. When this catalytic film served as the anode material in a H-2/O-2 biofuel cell, an open circuit voltage of 1.16 V was obtained-a benchmark value near the thermodynamic limit. The same film also acted as a highly energy efficient cathode material for H-2 evolution. We explained the catalytic properties using a kinetic model, which shows that reversibility can be achieved even though intermolecular electron transfer is slower than catalysis. This understanding of reversibility simplifies the design principles of highly efficient and stable bioelectrocatalytic films, advancing their implementation in energy conversion.
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