Issue 8, 2002
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Chemical Communications

Direct comparison of the electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrogen by an enzyme and a platinum catalyst†

Anne K. Jones,a   Emma Sillery,a   Simon P. J. Albrachtb  and  Fraser A. Armstrong*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
E-mail: fraser.armstrong@chem.ox.ac.uk

b Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 12, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract

It is shown that for molecules of Allochromatium vinosum [NiFe]-hydrogenase adsorbed on a pyrolytic graphite electrode the nickel–iron active site catalyzes hydrogen oxidation at a diffusion-controlled rate matching that achieved by platinum.

Graphical abstract: Direct comparison of the electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrogen by an enzyme and a platinum catalyst

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B201337A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Feb 2002
Accepted
12 Mar 2002
First published
21 Mar 2002

Chem. Commun., 2002, 866-867

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Direct comparison of the electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrogen by an enzyme and a platinum catalyst

A. K. Jones, E. Sillery, S. P. J. Albracht and F. A. Armstrong, Chem. Commun., 2002, 866 DOI: 10.1039/B201337A

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