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Photoinduced hydrogen production with Mg chlorophyll-a from Spirulina as a visible and near-IR light photosensitizer by use of three component system consisting of nicotineamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, reduced form (NADPH) as an electron donor, methylviologen as electron relay reagent and colloidal platinum as hydrogen production catalyst was investigated. After 4 h irradiation, the amount of hydrogen production with Mg chlorophyll-a and MgTPP, which was artificial model compound for chlorophyll, were c.a. 2.7 and 1.8 μmol, respectively. When the near-IR light was irradiated, little change of hydrogen production was observed. Thus, the effective visible and near IR light induced hydrogen production system with colloidal platinum was established using Mg chlorophyll-a.
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Tomonou, Y., Amao, Y. Visible and near-IR light induced biohydrogen production using the system containing Mg chlorophyll-a from Spirulina and colloidal platinum. Biometals 16, 419–424 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022595702668
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