title: Role of copolymerized photosensitizer in hydrogen-generating gel systems for higher quantum efficiency.
abstract: Here we report a novel biomimetic gel that efficiently converts photoenergy and the water inside into H(2). By immobilizing a photosensitizer into the polymer network, the gel system involving an electronic transmission circuit generates H(2) with a high quantum efficiency of over 10%, significantly higher than the conventional solution system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okeyoshi
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D005782:Gels; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008027:Light; D053758:Nanoparticles; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011108:Polymers; D014867:Water; D006859:Hydrogen