Enzyme-assisted Catalysis on black Titania Substrate Electrodes (EnCaSE) (completed)

About the Project

The widespread use of fuel cells and water splitting devices for energy generation and storage is restricted by the dependence on noble metal catalysts. There is a tremendous need for the development of efficient electrocatalysts made of Earth-abundant elements, as well as technologies that have a greener footprint and low or no CO2 emissions. Taking example from nature, hydrogenases are metallo-enzymes that catalyze the reaction of H2 to protons and electrons, as well as the reverse one, with an activity comparable to that of Platinum.

In this fascinating project, we grow and attach Hydrogenases on beautiful nanostructures, such as the nanotubes in the picture below (a and b), in order to make novel and cheap electrodes for water electrolysis. It is Hydrogenase that works now and not the expensive and rare Platinum. Moreover, we are very interested in visualizing the 3D structure of  these enzymes and observe them on the surface of the nanotubes, and for this reason we will explore the power and possibilities of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM, picture c and d). This bioelectrode will be used in a system of artificial photosynthesis and generation of solar fuels by simultaneous water splitting and CO2 capture and utilization. In EnCaSE we are very concerned about the excessive CO2 amounts in our atmosphere and our technology is based on a greener approach for a safer future

 

Financing

The project is funded by Research Council of Norway, other support under NANO2021 program, project number  275058

Publications

  • Liu, Xin; Risbakk, Sanne; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Yang, Mingyi; Backe, Paul Hoff & Bjørås, Magnar [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Immobilization of FeFe-hydrogenase on black TiO2 nanotubes as biocathodes for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Electrochemistry communications. ISSN 1388-2481. 135. doi: 10.1016/j.elecom.2022.107221. Full text in Research Archive
  • Han, Donglin; Liu, Xin; Bjørheim, Tor Svendsen & Tetsuya, Uda (2021). Yttrium‐Doped Barium Zirconate‐Cerate Solid Solution as Proton Conducting Electrolyte: Why Higher Cerium Concentration Leads to Better Performance for Fuel Cells and Electrolysis Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. ISSN 1614-6832. 11(8). doi: 10.1002/aenm.202003149.
  • Touni, Aikaterini; Liu, Xin; Kang, Xiaolan; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Diplas, Spyridon & Both, Kevin Gregor [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2021). Galvanic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Black TiO2 Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolving Cathodes. ChemSusChem. ISSN 1864-5631. 14(22), p. 4993–5003. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202101559. Full text in Research Archive
  • Getz, Marit Norderhaug; Chatzitakis, Athanasios Eleftherios; Liu, Xin; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Bjørheim, Tor Svendsen & Norby, Truls Eivind (2020). Voids in walls of mesoporous TiO2 anatase nanotubes by controlled formation and annihilation of protonated titanium vacancies. Materials Chemistry and Physics. ISSN 0254-0584. 239. doi: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.121953.
  • Liu, Xin; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Getz, Marit Norderhaug; Norby, Truls Eivind & Chatzitakis, Athanasios Eleftherios (2019). Black Anatase TiO2 Nanotubes with Tunable Orientation for High Performance Supercapacitors. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. ISSN 1932-7447. 126(36), p. 21391–21940. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05070.
  • Sun, Xinwei; Xu, Kaiqi; Fleischer, Christian; Liu, Xin; Grandcolas, Mathieu & Strandbakke, Ragnar [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2018). Earth-abundant electrocatalysts in proton exchange membrane electrolyzers. Catalysts. ISSN 2073-4344. 8:657(12), p. 1–41. doi: 10.3390/catal8120657. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Touni, Aikaterini; Liu, Xin; Chatzitakis, Athanasios Eleftherios; Kang, Xiaolan; Spyridou, Olga & Sotiropoulos, Sotiris (2021). Platinized Black Titania Nanotube HER Cathodes prepared by the Galvanic Deposition Method at CaH2-reduced Titania Nanotubes.
  • Liu, Xin; Risbakk, Sanne; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Yang, Mingyi; Backe, Paul Hoff & Bjorås, Magnar [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Hydrogenase-assisted catalysis on titania electrode oxides.
  • Liu, Xin; Chatzitakis, Athanasios Eleftherios; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Risbakk, Sanne; Yang, Mingyi & Backe, Paul Hoff [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Enzyme-assisted Catalysis on Titania Electrodes.
  • Liu, Xin; Chatzitakis, Athanasios Eleftherios; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Backe, Paul Hoff; Yang, Mingyi & Bjørås, Magnar [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). Enzyme-assisted Catalysis on Black Titania Electrodes.
  • Risbakk, Sanne; Backe, Paul Hoff & Yang, Mingyi (2020). Hydrogenase as a biocatalyst to generate H2 from solar-driven water splitting. 7Letras.

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Published June 7, 2018 10:30 AM - Last modified Mar. 10, 2023 9:09 AM

Contact

Project leader:

Professor Truls Norby

+47 22840654

Administrative Officer:

Xuemei Cui

+47 22 84 06 64

FASE
Forskningsparken
Gaustadalleen 21
NO-0349 Oslo
Norway
Phone: +47 22840664

Participants

Detailed list of participants