Photoinduced Hydrogen Production with the Light Harvesting Protein Chlorophyll-a/b Complex PSII (LHCII) and Platinum Colloid System

  • Yukari Abe, Department of Applied Chemistry, Oita University, Japan
  • Kaoru Fujii, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Takashi Joke, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Ayimi Okuda, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Professor Mamoru Nango, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Yutaka Amao, Department of Applied Chemistry, Oita University, Japan

    • Photosynthesis in green plant is consists of two photochemical reactions; one is the photosystem I (PSI) is photoreduction of NADP+ and the other is the photosystem II (PSII) is photoinduced water oxidation. The light harvesting protein chlorophyll complexes (LHCs) which act as the light harvesting and light energy transfer to above photosystems also exists in photosynthesis. In this work, photoinduced hydrogen production system with light harvesting protein chlorophyll-a/b complex PSII (LHCII), an electron donor, NADH, an electron carrier, methylviologen, and catalyst, platinum colloid are developed.