Solar-driven sugar production directly from CO2 via a customizable electrocatalytic–biocatalytic flow system
Abstract Conventional food production is restricted by energy conversion efficiency of natural photosynthesis and demand for natural resources. Solar-driven artificial food synthesis from CO2 provides an intriguing approach to overcome the limitations of natural photosynthesis while promoting carbon...
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| author | Guangyu Liu Yuan Zhong Zehua Liu Gang Wang Feng Gao Chao Zhang Yujie Wang Hongwei Zhang Jun Ma Yangguang Hu Aobo Chen Jiangyuan Pan Yuanzeng Min Zhiyong Tang Chao Gao Yujie Xiong |
| author_facet | Guangyu Liu Yuan Zhong Zehua Liu Gang Wang Feng Gao Chao Zhang Yujie Wang Hongwei Zhang Jun Ma Yangguang Hu Aobo Chen Jiangyuan Pan Yuanzeng Min Zhiyong Tang Chao Gao Yujie Xiong |
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| description | Abstract Conventional food production is restricted by energy conversion efficiency of natural photosynthesis and demand for natural resources. Solar-driven artificial food synthesis from CO2 provides an intriguing approach to overcome the limitations of natural photosynthesis while promoting carbon-neutral economy, however, it remains very challenging. Here, we report the design of a hybrid electrocatalytic−biocatalytic flow system, coupling photovoltaics-powered electrocatalysis (CO2 to formate) with five-enzyme cascade platform (formate to sugar) engineered via genetic mutation and bioinformatics, which achieves conversion of CO2 to C6 sugar (L-sorbose) with a solar-to-food energy conversion efficiency of 3.5%, outperforming natural photosynthesis by over three-fold. This flow system can in principle be programmed by coupling with diverse enzymes toward production of multifarious food from CO2. This work opens a promising avenue for artificial food synthesis from CO2 under confined environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24bd54a4de7a4316a9109541be0fb2c52024-03-31T11:25:47ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232024-03-0115111110.1038/s41467-024-46954-wSolar-driven sugar production directly from CO2 via a customizable electrocatalytic–biocatalytic flow systemGuangyu Liu0Yuan Zhong1Zehua Liu2Gang Wang3Feng Gao4Chao Zhang5Yujie Wang6Hongwei Zhang7Jun Ma8Yangguang Hu9Aobo Chen10Jiangyuan Pan11Yuanzeng Min12Zhiyong Tang13Chao Gao14Yujie Xiong15Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of SciencesHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of SciencesHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ChinaAbstract Conventional food production is restricted by energy conversion efficiency of natural photosynthesis and demand for natural resources. Solar-driven artificial food synthesis from CO2 provides an intriguing approach to overcome the limitations of natural photosynthesis while promoting carbon-neutral economy, however, it remains very challenging. Here, we report the design of a hybrid electrocatalytic−biocatalytic flow system, coupling photovoltaics-powered electrocatalysis (CO2 to formate) with five-enzyme cascade platform (formate to sugar) engineered via genetic mutation and bioinformatics, which achieves conversion of CO2 to C6 sugar (L-sorbose) with a solar-to-food energy conversion efficiency of 3.5%, outperforming natural photosynthesis by over three-fold. This flow system can in principle be programmed by coupling with diverse enzymes toward production of multifarious food from CO2. This work opens a promising avenue for artificial food synthesis from CO2 under confined environments.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46954-w |
| spellingShingle | Guangyu Liu Yuan Zhong Zehua Liu Gang Wang Feng Gao Chao Zhang Yujie Wang Hongwei Zhang Jun Ma Yangguang Hu Aobo Chen Jiangyuan Pan Yuanzeng Min Zhiyong Tang Chao Gao Yujie Xiong Solar-driven sugar production directly from CO2 via a customizable electrocatalytic–biocatalytic flow system Nature Communications |
| title | Solar-driven sugar production directly from CO2 via a customizable electrocatalytic–biocatalytic flow system |
| title_full | Solar-driven sugar production directly from CO2 via a customizable electrocatalytic–biocatalytic flow system |
| title_fullStr | Solar-driven sugar production directly from CO2 via a customizable electrocatalytic–biocatalytic flow system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solar-driven sugar production directly from CO2 via a customizable electrocatalytic–biocatalytic flow system |
| title_short | Solar-driven sugar production directly from CO2 via a customizable electrocatalytic–biocatalytic flow system |
| title_sort | solar driven sugar production directly from co2 via a customizable electrocatalytic biocatalytic flow system |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46954-w |
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