title: CO2Photoreduction by Formate Dehydrogenase and a Ru-Complex in a Nanoporous Glass Reactor.
abstract: In this study, we demonstrated the conversion of CO2to formic acid under ambient conditions in a photoreduction nanoporous reactor using a photosensitizer, methyl viologen (MV2+), and formate dehydrogenase (FDH). The overall efficiency of this reactor was 14 times higher than that of the equivalent solution. The accumulation rate of formic acid in the nanopores of 50 nm is 83 times faster than that in the equivalent solution. Thus, this CO2photoreduction nanoporous glass reactor will be useful as an artificial photosynthesis system that converts CO2to fuel.
authors.affiliation: The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science & Technology (OCARINA), Osaka City University , 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoyasu
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9468-2038
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noji
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Functional Materials Research Institute , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-8-31, Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science & Technology (OCARINA), Osaka City University , 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.|Monozukuri Research Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology , Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nango
authors.affiliation: The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science & Technology (OCARINA), Osaka City University , 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9056-7558
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.affiliation: The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science & Technology (OCARINA), Osaka City University , 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amao
keywords: ambient conditions; artificial photosynthesis; light-driven formic acid production; nanoporous glass; solar fuel