Abstract
Widespread scientific consensus has identified the most challenging barrier to renewable hydrogen fuel generation from water as the oxygen-evolving half reaction. In this talk I will summarize scientific and engineering progress towards realizing practical advances in H2 production from water using a bioinspired abiotic catalyst. Strongly oxidizing inorganic materials, inspired by the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving enzyme, have been synthesized possessing the cubical [Mn4O4]7+ core type. These have been integrated into a photoelectrochemical cell and shown to catalyze the electrooxidation of water. Current generation materials are able to catalyze the sustained photo-assisted oxidation of water for several thousand turnovers. Catalyst integration within a photovoltaic cell (dye-sensitized TiO2) enables photoproduction of hydrogen from water using visible light. Improvements to these inexpensive "green" catalysts are in development as replacement for expensive, non-scalable, noble metals for renewable hydrogen production from water, and in fuel cells for overcoming the cathodic overpotential for reduction of oxygen.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Event | 236th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2008 - Philadelpia, PA, United States Duration: Aug 17 2008 → Aug 21 2008 |
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| Other | 236th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2008 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Philadelpia, PA |
| Period | 8/17/08 → 8/21/08 |
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Green catalysts for renewable hydrogen fuel production from water. / Dismukes, G Charles; Brimblecombe, Robin; Spiccia, Leone; Swiegers, Gerhard.
ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2008.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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