The optimization of culture condition for enhanced hydrogen production by Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum W16 was conducted using statistical experimental design and analysis. Plackett-Burman design was first used to screen the most important variables influencing hydrogen production, and subsequently central composite design was adopted to investigate the optimum value of the selected factors for achieving maximum hydrogen yield. Experimental results showed that xylose, phosphate buffer, and yeast extract had significant influence on hydrogen production and the maximum hydrogen yield of 2.39 mol/mol xylose was predicted when the concentrations of xylose, phosphate buffer, and yeast extract were 12.24 g/L, 0.170 M, and 4.11 g/L, respectively. The results were further verified by repeated experiments under optimal conditions. The excellent correlation between predicted and measured values further confirmed the validity and practicability of this statistical optimum strategy.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2009.11.031 | DOI Listing |
Acc Chem Res
January 2025
The Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QR, U.K.
ConspectusThe discovery of reversible hydrogenation using metal-free phosphoborate species in 2006 marked the official advent of frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) chemistry. This breakthrough revolutionized homogeneous catalysis approaches and paved the way for innovative catalytic strategies. The unique reactivity of FLPs is attributed to the Lewis base (LB) and Lewis acid (LA) sites either in spatial separation or in equilibrium, which actively react with molecules.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDalton Trans
January 2025
Laboratory of Catalysis, Polymerization, Processes and Materials (CP2 M UMR 5128), CNRS, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE-Lyon, Institut de Chimie de Lyon, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne, France.
Metal-catalyzed hydrogen isotope exchange (HIE) has become a valuable method for incorporating deuterium and tritium into organic molecules, with applications in a wide range of scientific fields. This study explores the role of transition metal cooperativity in enhancing catalytic hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchange using early-late heterobimetallic polyhydride (ELHB) complexes. A series of four ELHB complexes, of general formula [M(CHBu)(H)M'Cp*], combining early transition metals (M = Hf, Ta) with late metals (M' = Ir, Os), were synthesized and evaluated for their catalytic activity in HIE of (hetero)arenes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNano Lett
January 2025
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
Solar-powered electrochemical NH synthesis offers the benefits of sustainability and absence of CO emissions but suffers from a poor solar-to-ammonia yield rate (SAY) due to a low NH selectivity, large bias caused by the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction, and low photocurrent in the corresponding photovoltaics. Herein, a highly efficient photovoltaic-electrocatalytic system enabling high-rate solar-driven NH synthesis was developed. A high-performance Ru-doped Co nanotube catalyst was used to selectively promote the nitrite reduction reaction (NORR), exhibiting a faradaic efficiency of 99.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChemistry
January 2025
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Hom, Hong Kong (P.R. China), 000000, Hong Kong, HONG KONG.
A series of new (donor)₂-donor-π-acceptor (D2-D-π-A) and (acceptor)₂-donor-π-acceptor (A2-D-π-A) organic photosensitizers based on the framework of (Z)-2-cyano-3-(5-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)thiophen-2-yl)acrylic acid have been synthesized and characterized. By incorporating groups with different electron-donating or withdrawing abilities, such as dibenzothiophene (DBT), dibenzofuran (DBF), and triazine (TA), into the triphenylamine segment, their photophysical properties have been regulated. Theoretical calculations were used to explore how various donor-acceptor combinations influence their hydrogen production performance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Biomol Struct Dyn
January 2025
Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India.
Alzheimer's disease is one of the most complex neurological disorders and millions of people are suffering from this disease all over the world. In the past two decades acetylcholinesterase (AChE) has been the most explored pathological hallmark. The generation of potent AChE inhibitors has grown as a rapid pathological tool for the efficacious treatment of the disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!