2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of artificial light-driven water splitting nanodevice using gold nanoparticles and photosystem II
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23657099
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Biophysics
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
NOGUCHI Takumi 名古屋大学, 理学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (60241246)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 光合成 / 水分解 / 酸素発生 / 人工光合成 / 金属ナノ粒子 |
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| Research Abstract |
To develop a hybrid-type artificial light-driven water splitting nano-device, the conjugate of photosystem II and a 20-nm gold nano-particle (PSII-GNP), and the conjugate that further combined photosystem I to PSII-GNP (PSI-GNP-PSII) were prepared. The obtained PSII-GNP exhibited light-induced O2 evolution by splitting water and the PSI-GNP-PSII showed the capability of electron transfer from PSII to PSI via a mediator. Furthermore, light-induced H2 evolution was detected in the conjugate of PSI with 3-nm platinum nano-particles (PSI-PtNP).
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