ECO2nvert: Electroenzymatic CO2 reduction using recombinant CODHs from seafloor habitats recovered via an activity-based screen
ACRONYM
ECO2nvert
Title
ECO2nvert: Electroenzymatic CO2 reduction using recombinant CODHs from seafloor habitats recovered via an activity-based screen
General information
Enzymes, the biological catalysts, often feature selectivities or activities unrivaled by the solid catalysts prevalent in industrial settings. A small number of them can be extracted from cultured microbes and exploited for industrial transformations. However, a tremendous enzymatic potential remains largely untapped among the currently uncultured microbial majority. This project aims at accessing this biological resource and demonstrating the enzymatic electrocatalytic activity for the reduction of CO2 (carbon dioxide) to CO (carbon monoxide) at nanostructured electrode surfaces using marine derived environmental CODH (CO-dehydrogenase) enzyme. The work is conducted in cooperation with Prof. Julien Bachmann, FAU; Germany).
Start
February, 2020
End
January, 2023
Funding (total)
669000
Funding (GEOMAR)
346000
Funding body / Programme
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BMBF
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Coordination
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR), Germany
Contact
Partners
FAU
Länder: Germany
