Enzymes Immobilized on Carbon Nitride (C ₃ N ₄ ) Cooperating with Metal Nanoparticles for Cascade Catalysis

authored by

Yangxin Wang, Ningning Zhang, René Hübner, Deming Tan, Markus Löffler, Stefan Facsko, En Zhang, Yan Ge, Zhenhui Qi, Changzhu Wu

Abstract

The exploration of effective platforms for immobilizing chemo- and biocatalysts to develop biohybrid catalysts is an attractive subject of practical interest. In this work, carbon nitride (C ₃ N ₄ ) is used for the first time as a platform for the immobilization of metal catalyst (Pd nanoparticles) and biocatalyst (Candida antarctica lipase B, CalB) in a facile manner to prepare biohybrid catalyst. The optimal biohybrid catalyst inherits the intrinsic performance of both Pd nanoparticles and CalB, and shows high activity in the one-pot cascade reaction converting benzaldehyde to benzyl hexanoate at room temperature. With this proof of concept, it is expected that C ₃ N ₄ can be utilized for immobilizing more types of chemo- and biocatalysts for perspective applications.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Microbiology

External Organisation(s)

Northwestern Polytechnical University
Technische Universität Dresden
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
University of Southern Denmark

Type

Article

Journal

Advanced materials interfaces

Volume

6

No. of pages

11

ISSN

2196-7350

Publication date

22.03.2019

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering

Electronic version(s)

https://findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/files/170736437/admi.201801664.pdf (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201801664 (Access: Closed)