Patent ID: 9605279
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B82Y,C07K,C12N,C12P,C12Y

Claim:
1. A method for preparing a system for photocatalytically producing hydrogen gas, comprising: (a) providing a water soluble cadmium selenide nanoparticle (CdSe) surface capped with mercaptosuccinate (CdSe-MSA); (b) providing an apodinitrogenase γ (NafY).FeMo-co complex comprising a NafY protein and an iron-molybdenum cofactor (FeMo-co); and (c) mixing the CdSe-MSA and the NafY.FeMo-co complex under anaerobic conditions to form a CdSe-MSA.NafY.FeMo-co system, wherein when illuminated with a visible light source, the CdSe-MSA.NafY.FeMo-co system is capable of photocatalytically producing hydrogen gas.