Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Solar-driven methanogenesis with ultrahigh selectivity by turning down H2 production at biotic-abiotic interface

  • Jie Ye,
  • Chao Wang,
  • Chao Gao,
  • Tao Fu,
  • Chaohui Yang,
  • Guoping Ren,
  • Jian Lü,
  • Shungui Zhou,
  • Yujie Xiong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34423-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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While the combination of synthetic and biological systems offers an appealing strategy for solar-to-fuel conversion, such hybrid systems typically suffer from low selectivity. Here, authors integrate a bimetallic alloy with a CdS-containing methanogen for selective CO2 reduction to methane.