Self-Assembly of Inorganic Nanoparticles and Biocatalyst Proteins for Artificial Photosynthesis

该项目旨在开发高性能无机/生物混合光催化剂，用于化学燃料的人工光合作用，从整体水分解和二氧化碳还原。提出了一种创新的自组装策略，将无机功能材料的上级太阳能收集与生物催化剂蛋白酶的高特异性和效率协同整合。该项目的成功将揭示组装技术的新科学见解，以及无机功能材料与生物催化剂之间的相互作用，协同作用和相容性，使其能够模仿自然光合作用过程，构建高效的无机/生物杂化光催化剂，用于可再生清洁能源的生产。

This project aims to develop high performance inorganic/biologic hybrid photocatalysts for artificial photosynthesis of chemical fuels from overall water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction. An innovative self-assembly strategy is proposed to synergestically integrate superior solar energy harvesting of inorganic functional material with high specificity and efficiency of biocatalyst protein enzyme. The success of this project will reveal new scientific insight on assembly technique, and the interaction, synergy and compatibility between the inorganic functional material and the biocatalyst, enabling mimicking the natural photosynthesis process to construct highly efficient inorganic/biologic hybrid photocatalysts for renewable clean energy production.