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Making important raw materials for fine chemicals out of carbon dioxide really works. As part of the Max Planck collaborative project eBioCO2n, a team of researchers from Fraunhofer IGB have succe ...

“If you embed the sensitive hydrogenases in suitable polymers, they work for several weeks even in the presence of oxygen,” says Nicolas Plumeré, Professor of Electrobiotechnology at the Technical University of Munich, formerly at the Ruhr University in Bochum. “Without this protection, they lose their activity within minutes.” However, embedding in so-called redox polymers, plastics, whose side groups can transfer electrons, has a decisive disadvantage: They offer high resistance to t...

An enzyme could make a dream come true for the energy industry: It can efficiently produce hydrogen using electricity and can also generate electricity from hydrogen. The enzyme is protected by em ...

14.05.2021 Enzyme system for the hydrogen industry An enzyme could make a dream come true for the energy industry: It can efficiently produce hydrogen using electricity and can also generate electricity from hydrogen. The enzyme is protected by embedding it in a polymer. An international research team with significant participation of scientists from Technical University of Munich (TUM) has presented the system in the renowned science journal Nature Catalysis. Fuel ...

An enzyme could make a dream come true for the energy industry: It can efficiently produce hydrogen using electricity and can also generate electricity...

Platinum-free biocatalyst for fuel cells and water electrolysisEnzyme system for the hydrogen industry An enzyme could make a dream come true for the energy industry: It can efficiently produce hydrogen using electricity and can also generate electricity from hydrogen. The enzyme is protected by embedding it in a polymer. An international research team with significant participation of scientists from Technical University of Munich (TUM) has presented the system in the renowned science jou...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Structure of the hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans: In its active center, an iron-sulfur cluster catalyzes the oxidation of hydrogen to protons as well as the reduction of protons to hydrogen.... view more  Credit: Dr. James Birrell / MPI CEC An enzyme could make a dream come true for the energy industry: It can efficiently produce hydrogen using electricity and can also generate electricity from hydrogen. The enzyme is protected by embedding it in a polymer....