Modular Designed Protein Constructions for Solar Generated H₂ From Water (Final Report)

Technical Report · Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1170276· OSTI ID:1170276

Dutton, P. Leslie ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

As the title of the grant clearly states, this project has explored a unique way that makes use of manmade proteins to turn solar energy into chemical fuels. A major impetus to the work is that there is growing support for the view that two related forces will impact on future livability of Earth. The first is the finite supply of fossil fuels to power the Earth making it prudent to save this resource for the creation of useful chemicals. The second is that burning fossil fuels to generate power releases “greenhouse” gases into the atmosphere. There is mounting evidence that this is a major contribution to the warming trend in the Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere.

• Research Organization: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (United States). Dept. of Biochemistry & Biophysics, P. Leslie Dutton
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-05ER46223
• OSTI ID: 1170276
• Report Number(s): DOE-PENN-46223
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
14 SOLAR ENERGY
solar Energy
water splitting
hydrogen evolution
man-made proteins