@article {48225,
	title = {Enhanced hydrogen fuel production using synergistic combination of solar radiation and TiO2 photocatalyst coupled with Burkholderia cepacia lipase},
	journal = {International Journal of Hydrogen Energy},
	volume = {47},
	year = {2022},
	month = {APR },
	pages = {14483-14492},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>
	Promising and sustainable alternatives for hydrogen production have been investigated. Among these, the use of enzymes may represent an efficient alternative. In this work, an increase in hydrogen production under simulated sunlight by combining TiO2 and TiO2/MgCl2 with Burkholderia cepacia lipase (BCL) was reported. The samples (TiO2, TiO2/MgCl2, and TiO2 /MgCl2/BCL) were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermo-gravimetric (TGA), N-2 adsorption-desorption isotherms (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and UV-Visible absorption spectra. Hydrogen production tests were performed in aqueous methanol solutions under simulated sunlight. The results demonstrated that 130-times greater increase in hydrogen production rate was observed by the addition of BCL than individual TiO2. This better hydrogen production rate can be attributed to the increase in the amount of reduction equivalent of the system due to the oxidation of protein peptides caused by TiO2. In conclusion, the results indicate that hydrogen production efficiency can be significantly improved when integrating TiO2/MgCl2 with BCL. (C) 2022 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>
},
	keywords = {hydrogen production, Lipase, Nano-conjugated enzymes, Photocatalyst, Solar radiation, Titanium dioxide},
	issn = {0360-3199},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.02.220},
	author = {de Souza Brandao, Luma Mirely and Barbosa, Milson dos Santos and de Jesus, Roberta Anjos and Bharad, Pradnya Arunrao and Lima, Alvaro Silva and Faria Soares, Cleide Mara and Navarro Yerga, Rufino Manuel and Bilal, Muhammad and Romanholo Ferreira, Luiz Fernando and Iqbal, Hafiz M. N. and Gopinath, Chinnakonda S. and Figueiredo, Renan Tavares}
}
