Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Processes and products
Patent
1978-01-03
1979-02-20
Weisstuch, Aaron
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Processes and products
204 40, 204129, 204278, 204DIG3, 136 89NB, 357 8, 429111, C25D 500, C25B 102
Patent
active
041405919
ABSTRACT:
Platinized chlorophyll a dihydrate polycrystals are used to expedite the photochemical cleavage of water to yield molecular hydrogen and oxygen. The peak quantum efficiency of this photoelectrolytic apparatus at 740 nm is about 20%.
REFERENCES:
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F. K. Fong et al., "Far Red Photogalvanic Splitting of Water by Chlorophyll a Dihydrate. A New Model of Plant Photosynthesis", J. Am. Chem. Soc., vol. 99, pp. 5802-5804 (1977).
Anonymous, "Research Clears Up Some of the Puzzles of Photosynthesis", Chem. and Eng. News, pp. 23-24, May 3, 1976.
F. K. Fong et al., "In Vitro Solar Conversion after the Primary Light Reaction in Photosynthesis Reversible Photogalvanic Effects of Chlorophyll-Quinhydron Half-Cell Reactions", J. Am. Chem. Soc., vol. 98, pp. 2287-2289 (1976).
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Y. Toyoshima et al., "Photo-oxidation of Water in Phospholipid Bilayer Membranes Containing Chlorophyll a", Nature, vol. 265, pp. 187-189 (1977).
Fong Francis K.
Galloway Lory
Nesbitt John R.
Purdue Research Foundation
Weisstuch Aaron
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