Efficient hydrogen production using photosystem I enhanced by artificial light harvesting dye

Haruki Nagakawa; Ayano Takeuchi; Yuya Takekuma; Tomoyasu Noji; Keisuke Kawakami; Nobuo Kamiya; Mamoru Nango; Rei Furukawa; Morio Nagata

doi:10.1039/c8pp00426a

Efficient hydrogen production using photosystem I enhanced by artificial light harvesting dye

Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2019 Feb 13;18(2):309-313. doi: 10.1039/c8pp00426a.

Authors

Haruki Nagakawa^{1

2}, Ayano Takeuchi¹, Yuya Takekuma^{1

2}, Tomoyasu Noji³, Keisuke Kawakami³, Nobuo Kamiya³, Mamoru Nango³, Rei Furukawa⁴, Morio Nagata⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Industrial Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, 12-1 Ichigayafunagawara-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0826, Japan.
² Photocatalyst Group, Research and Development Department, Local Independent Administrative Agency Kanagawa Institute of industrial Science and TEChnology (KISTEC), Japan.
³ The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science & Technology (OCARINA), Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan.
⁴ The University of Electro-Communications, Chofugaoka 1-5-1, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan.
⁵ Department of Industrial Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, 12-1 Ichigayafunagawara-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0826, Japan. nagata@ci.kagu.tus.ac.jp.

PMID: 30633290
DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00426a

Abstract

In this study, we improved the hydrogen production efficiency by combining photosystem I with an artificial light harvesting dye, Lumogen Red. In the reaction system, Lumogen Red allows light absorption and energy transfer to photosystem I by Förster resonance energy transfer; therefore, the Pt nanoparticles act as active sites for hydrogen generation.