• 文献标题:   Immobilized Enzymes on Graphene as Nanobiocatalyst
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SEELAJAROEN H, BAKANDRITSOS A, OTYEPKA M, ZBORIL R, SARICIFTCI NS
  • 作者关键词:   bioelectrocatalysi, carbon dioxide reduction, enzyme catalysi, graphene, enzyme immobilization, methanol
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Johannes Kepler Univ Linz
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.9b17777
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Using enzymes as bioelectrocatalysts is an important step toward the next level of biotechnology for energy production. In such biocatalysts, a sacrificial cofactor as an electron and proton source is needed. This is a great obstacle for upscaling, due to cofactor instability and product separation issues, which increase the costs. Here, we report a cofactor-free electroreduction of CO2 to a high energy density chemical (methanol) catalyzed by enzyme-graphene hybrids. The biocatalyst consists of dehydrogenases covalently bound on a well-defined carboxyl graphene derivative, serving the role of a conductive nanoplatform. This nanobiocatalyst achieves reduction of CO2 to methanol at high current densities, which remain unchanged for at least 20 h of operation, without production of other soluble byproducts. It is thus shown that critical improvements on the stability and rate of methanol production at a high Faradaic efficiency of 12% are possible, due to the effective electrochemical process from the electrode to the enzymes via the graphene platform.