Photocatalytic hydrogen production of porphyrin nanostructures: spheres <i>vs.</i> fibrils, a case study
Vasilis Nikolaou, Georgios Charalambidis, Athanassios G. Coutsolelos
Abstract
Herein, we illustrate the preparation of a covalent connected peptide-porphyrin hybrid (Fmoc-FF-(Zn)Por). The thorough investigation of its self-organization features demonstrated that Fmoc-FF-(Zn)Por self-assembles into either spheres or fibrils by altering the solvent mixture. Interestingly, photocatalytic hydrogen (H2) evolution experiments revealed that fibrils were more efficient towards H2 production compared to spheres.
Topics & Concepts
PorphyrinPhotocatalysisHydrogen productionNanostructureSPHERESPhotochemistryFibrilHydrogenMaterials scienceChemical engineeringChemistryNanotechnologyCatalysisOrganic chemistryPhysicsEngineeringBiochemistryAstronomyElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry