Photocatalytic hydrogen production of porphyrin nanostructures: spheresvs.fibrils, a case study

Abstract

Herein, we illustrate the preparation of a covalent connected peptide-porphyrin hybrid (Fmoc-FF-(Zn)Por). The thorough investigation of its self-organization features demonstrated thatFmoc-FF-(Zn)Porself-assembles into either spheres or fibrils by altering the solvent mixture. Interestingly, photocatalytic hydrogen (H2) evolution experiments revealed that fibrils were more efficient towards H2production compared to spheres.