TY - JOUR
T1 - Parallels between enzyme catalysis, electrocatalysis, and photoelectrosynthesis
AU - Nishiori, Daiki
AU - Wadsworth, Brian L.
AU - Moore, Gary F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Early Career Award 1653982 (materials and synthesis) and by the US Department of Energy , Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Early Career Award DE-SC0021186 (modeling and benchmarking). G.F.M. acknowledges support from the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program . B.L.W. was supported by an IGERT-SUN fellowship, funded by the National Science Foundation ( 1144616 ), and the Phoenix Chapter of the ARCS Foundation .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/10/21
Y1 - 2021/10/21
N2 - Catalysts are central to accelerating chemistry in biology and technology. In biochemistry, the relationship between the velocity of an enzymatic reaction and the concentration of chemical substrates is described via the Michaelis-Menten model. The modeling and benchmarking of synthetic molecular electrocatalysts are also well developed. However, such efforts have not been as rigorously extended to photoelectrosynthetic reactions, where, in addition to chemical substrates and charge carriers, light is a required reagent. In this perspective, we draw parallels between concepts involving enzyme catalytic efficiency, the benchmarking of molecular electrocatalysts, and the performance of photoelectrosynthetic assemblies, while highlighting key differences, assumptions, and limitations.
AB - Catalysts are central to accelerating chemistry in biology and technology. In biochemistry, the relationship between the velocity of an enzymatic reaction and the concentration of chemical substrates is described via the Michaelis-Menten model. The modeling and benchmarking of synthetic molecular electrocatalysts are also well developed. However, such efforts have not been as rigorously extended to photoelectrosynthetic reactions, where, in addition to chemical substrates and charge carriers, light is a required reagent. In this perspective, we draw parallels between concepts involving enzyme catalytic efficiency, the benchmarking of molecular electrocatalysts, and the performance of photoelectrosynthetic assemblies, while highlighting key differences, assumptions, and limitations.
KW - SDG13: Climate action
KW - SDG3: Good health and well-being
KW - SDG6: Clean water and sanitation
KW - SDG7: Affordable and clean energy
KW - SDG9: Industry innovation and infrastructure
KW - electrocatalysis
KW - enzyme catalysis
KW - photoelectrosynthesis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.checat.2021.09.008
DO - 10.1016/j.checat.2021.09.008
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85129663698
SN - 2667-1107
VL - 1
SP - 978
EP - 996
JO - Chem Catalysis
JF - Chem Catalysis
IS - 5
ER -