Simultaneous Photoproduction of Hydrogen and Oxygen by Photosynthesis

摘要

These results suggest that the photosynthetic production of hydrogen and oxygen represents an intriguing way to capture and convert solar energy into stored chemical free energy. It is particularly noteworthy that all three of the only known potential, direct photosynthetic water-splitting systems - blue-green algae, green algae, and the chloroplast-ferredoxin-hydrogenase system - have now been shown to photoproduce molecular hydrogen and oxygen simultaneously for prolonged periods of time. The field of hydrogenic photosynthesis is still in its infancy. (ERA citation 05:022764)