Chemoenzymatic Hydrogen Production from Methanol Through the Interplay of Metal Complexes and Biocatalysts

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2019-05-07
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en
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CHEMISTRY: A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, Volume 25
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Microbial methylotrophic organisms can serve as great inspiration in the development of biomimetic strategies for the dehydrogenative conversion of C1 molecules under ambient conditions. In this Concept article, a concise personal perspective on the recent advancements in the field of biomimetic catalytic models for methanol and formaldehyde conversion, in the presence and absence of enzymes and co-factors, towards the formation of hydrogen under ambient conditions is given. In particular, formaldehyde dehydrogenase mimics have been introduced in stand-alone C1-interconversion networks. Recently, coupled systems with alcohol oxidase and dehydrogenase enzymes have been also developed for in situ formation and decomposition of formaldehyde and/or reduced/oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH/ NAD+). Although C1 molecules are already used in many industries for hydrogen production, these conceptual bioinspired low-temperature energy conversion processes may lead one day to more efficient energy storage systems enabling renewable and sustainable hydrogen generation for hydrogen fuel cells under ambient conditions using C1 molecules as fuels for mobile and miniaturized energy storage solutions in which harsh conditions like those in industrial plants are not applicable.
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carbon dioxide, formaldehyde, dehydrogenase, hydrogen production, oxidase
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Tavakoli , G , Armstrong , J E , Naapuri , J , Deska , J & Prechtl , M H G 2019 , ' Chemoenzymatic Hydrogen Production from Methanol Through the Interplay of Metal Complexes and Biocatalysts ' , CHEMISTRY: A EUROPEAN JOURNAL , vol. 25 , no. 26 , pp. 6474-6481 . https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201806351