US 12,485,409 B2
Methods and systems for photo-activated hydrogen generation
Deborah B. Maxwell, Merritt Island, FL (US); and Deidra L. Gerlach, Merritt Island, FL (US)
Assigned to BOMAX Hydrogen LLC, Merritt Island, FL (US)
Appl. No. 16/979,916
Filed by BOMAX Hydrogen LLC, Merritt Island, FL (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 13, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/021991
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/178189, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/642,401, filed on Mar. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0008532 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B01J 35/39 (2024.01); B01J 27/057 (2006.01); B01J 31/02 (2006.01); B01J 31/22 (2006.01); B01J 35/45 (2024.01); C01B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 35/39 (2024.01) [B01J 27/0573 (2013.01); B01J 31/0229 (2013.01); B01J 31/22 (2013.01); B01J 35/45 (2024.01); B01J 2235/00 (2024.01); B01J 2235/05 (2024.01); B01J 2235/10 (2024.01); B01J 2235/30 (2024.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for photocatalytically producing hydrogen gas, comprising:
a water soluble cadmium selenide nanoparticle (CdSe) surface capped with mercaptosuccinate (CdSe-MSA); and
a NafY·FeMo-co complex comprising a NafY protein and an iron-molybdenum cofactor (FeMo-co);
wherein the CdSe-MSA and NafY·FeMo-co complex are present in about 1:3 to 1:10 molar ratio.