Nature‐Inspired Design of Molybdenum–Selenium Dual‐Single‐Atom Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction

K Sun, K Yu, J Fang, Z Zhuang, X Tan, Y Wu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) is becoming an increasingly important technology for
achieving carbon neutrality. Inspired by the structure of naturally occurring Mo‐dependent …

Connecting Biological and Synthetic Approaches for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

SJ Cobb, S Rodríguez‐Jiménez… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction has developed into a broad field, spanning fundamental
studies of enzymatic 'model'catalysts to synthetic molecular catalysts and heterogeneous …

Electrochemical Studies of CO2‐Reducing Metalloenzymes

M Meneghello, C Léger… - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Only two enzymes are capable of directly reducing CO2: CO dehydrogenase, which
produces CO at a [NiFe4S4] active site, and formate dehydrogenase, which produces …

Bioelectrocatalytic activity of W-formate dehydrogenase covalently immobilized on functionalized gold and graphite electrodes

J Alvarez-Malmagro, AR Oliveira… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The decrease of greenhouse gases such as CO2 has become a key challenge for the
human kind and the study of the electrocatalytic properties of CO2-reducing enzymes such …

Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by a Molybdenum–Copper Artificial Hydrogenase

RJ Labidi, B Faivre, P Carpentier… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Orange protein (Orp) is a small bacterial metalloprotein of unknown function that harbors a
unique molybdenum/copper (Mo/Cu) heterometallic cluster,[S2MoS2CuS2MoS2] 3–. In this …

How a Formate Dehydrogenase Responds to Oxygen: Unexpected O2 Insensitivity of an Enzyme Harboring Tungstopterin, Selenocysteine, and [4Fe–4S] Clusters

JE Graham, D Niks, GM Zane, Q Gui, K Hom… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The reversible two-electron interconversion of formate and CO2 is catalyzed by both
nonmetallo-and metallo-formate dehydrogenases (FDHs). The latter group comprises …

Efficiently electrochemical CO2 reduction on molybdenum-nitrogen-carbon catalysts with optimized p-block axial ligands

Y Liu, D Wang, B Yang, Z Li, X Peng, Z Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inspired by the structure of molybdenum-based metalloenzymes with high CO 2 conversion
efficiency in nature, the catalytic performance of a series of modified MoN 4 for two-electron …

Insights from Enzymatic Catalysis: A Path towards Bioinspired High‐Performance Electrocatalysts

GC Sedenho, RNP Colombo, FN Crespilho - ChemCatChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Enzymes, especially some metalloenzymes, are exceptional catalysts for redox reactions
with technological applications in several fields, including energy conversion systems and …

Large-scale screening reveals that geometric structure matters more than electronic structure in the bioinspired catalyst design of formate dehydrogenase mimics

M Liu, A Nazemi, MG Taylor, A Nandy, C Duan… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The design of inorganic molecular complexes for the reversible conversion of formate into
CO2 inspired by formate dehydrogenase (FDH) enzymes is challenged by a lack of …

Quantification of the electrostatic effect on redox potential by positive charges in a catalyst microenvironment

ND Loewen, S Pattanayak, R Herber… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Charged functional groups in the secondary coordination sphere (SCS) of a heterogeneous
nanoparticle or homogeneous electrocatalyst are of growing interest due to enhancements …