TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward Escherichia coli bacteria machine for water oxidation
AU - Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi
AU - Moghaddam, Navid Jameei
AU - Hassani, Leila
AU - Bagheri, Robabeh
AU - Song, Zhenlun
AU - Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences and Iran National Science Foundation for the financial support. The reported study was funded by grant RFBR-Iran according to the joint research Project Nos. 17-54-560012, 96003636 supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research and by Iran National Science Foundation (INSF).
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PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Nature uses a Mn oxide-based catalyst for water oxidation in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Mn oxides are among major candidates to be used as water-oxidizing catalysts. Herein, we used two straightforward and promising methods to form Escherichia coli bacteria/Mn oxide compounds. In one of the methods, the bacteria template was intact after the reaction. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, visible spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction spectrometry. Electrochemical properties of the catalysts were studied, and attributed redox potentials were assigned. The water oxidation of the compounds was examined under electrochemical condition. Linear sweep voltammetry showed that the onsets of water oxidation in our experimental condition for bacteria and Escherichia coli bacteria/Mn oxide were 1.68 and 1.56 V versus the normal hydrogen electrode (NHE), respectively. Thus, the presence of Mn oxide in the catalyst significantly decreased (~ 120 mV) the overpotential needed for water oxidation.
AB - Nature uses a Mn oxide-based catalyst for water oxidation in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Mn oxides are among major candidates to be used as water-oxidizing catalysts. Herein, we used two straightforward and promising methods to form Escherichia coli bacteria/Mn oxide compounds. In one of the methods, the bacteria template was intact after the reaction. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, visible spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction spectrometry. Electrochemical properties of the catalysts were studied, and attributed redox potentials were assigned. The water oxidation of the compounds was examined under electrochemical condition. Linear sweep voltammetry showed that the onsets of water oxidation in our experimental condition for bacteria and Escherichia coli bacteria/Mn oxide were 1.68 and 1.56 V versus the normal hydrogen electrode (NHE), respectively. Thus, the presence of Mn oxide in the catalyst significantly decreased (~ 120 mV) the overpotential needed for water oxidation.
KW - Bacteria
KW - Catalyst
KW - Hydrogen
KW - Manganese oxide
KW - Water oxidation
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U2 - 10.1007/s11120-018-0499-7
DO - 10.1007/s11120-018-0499-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 29589334
AN - SCOPUS:85044437765
SN - 0166-8595
VL - 136
SP - 257
EP - 267
JO - Photosynthesis research
JF - Photosynthesis research
IS - 2
ER -