Amphiphilic polymeric micelles as microreactors: improving the photocatalytic hydrogen production of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase mimic in water.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Wang, Feng; Wen, Min; Feng, Ke; Liang, Wen-Jing; Li, Xu-Bing; Chen, Bin; Tung, Chen-Ho; Wu, Li-Zhu
- Source
- Chemical Communications. 1/11/2016, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p457-460. 4p.
- Subject
- *MICELLES
*HYDROGEN
*REFRIGERANTS
*COLLOIDS
*WATER
- Language
- ISSN
- 1359-7345
An amphiphilic polymeric micelle is utilized as a microreactor to load a hydrophobic [FeFe]-hydrogenase mimic in water. The local concentration enhancement and strong interaction between the mimic and the photosensitizer as well as the water-mediated fast proton migration caused by the microreactor improve photocatalytic hydrogen production remarkably in water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]