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- A growing energy demand requires new and preferably renewable energy sources. The infinite availability of solar radiation makes its conversion into storable and transportable energy forms attractive for research as well as for the industry. One promising example of a transportable fuel is hydrogen (H-2), making research into eco-friendly hydrogen production meaningful. Here, a hybrid system was developed using newly designed recombinant spider silk protein variants as a template for mineralization with inorganic titanium dioxide and gold. These bioinspired organic/inorganic hybrid materials allow for hydrogen production upon light irradiation. To begin with, recombinant spider silk proteins bearing titanium dioxide and gold-binding moieties were created and processed into structured films. These films were modified with gold and titanium dioxide in order to produce a photocatalyst. Subsequent testing revealed hydrogen production as a result of light-induced hydrolysis of water. Therefore, the novel setup presented here providesA growing energy demand requires new and preferably renewable energy sources. The infinite availability of solar radiation makes its conversion into storable and transportable energy forms attractive for research as well as for the industry. One promising example of a transportable fuel is hydrogen (H-2), making research into eco-friendly hydrogen production meaningful. Here, a hybrid system was developed using newly designed recombinant spider silk protein variants as a template for mineralization with inorganic titanium dioxide and gold. These bioinspired organic/inorganic hybrid materials allow for hydrogen production upon light irradiation. To begin with, recombinant spider silk proteins bearing titanium dioxide and gold-binding moieties were created and processed into structured films. These films were modified with gold and titanium dioxide in order to produce a photocatalyst. Subsequent testing revealed hydrogen production as a result of light-induced hydrolysis of water. Therefore, the novel setup presented here provides access to a new principle of generating advanced hybrid materials for sustainable hydrogen production and depicts a promising platform for further studies on photocatalytic production of hydrogen, the most promising future fuel.…
Author details: | Heike M. Herold, Tamara Bernadette AignerGND, Carolin E. Grill, Stefanie KrügerGND, Andreas TaubertORCiDGND, Thomas R. ScheibelORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1680/jbibn.18.00007 |
ISSN: | 2045-9858 |
ISSN: | 2045-9866 |
Title of parent work (English): | Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials |
Subtitle (English): | recombinant spider silk-based hybrid materials for advanced energy technology |
Publisher: | ICE Publishing |
Place of publishing: | Westminister |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2019/03/20 |
Publication year: | 2019 |
Release date: | 2021/03/24 |
Tag: | hybrid materials; hydrogen; photocatalysts |
Volume: | 8 |
Issue: | 1 |
Number of pages: | 10 |
First page: | 99 |
Last Page: | 108 |
Funding institution: | Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [SPP1569, SCHE603/15-1, SCHE603/15-2, TA571/11-1, TA571/11-2]; Bavarian Research Foundation [DOK-175-15] |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Bronze Open-Access |