High-Yield Hydrogen Production from Starch and Water by a Synthetic Enzymatic Pathway

Y.-H. Percival Zhang; Barbara R. Evans; Jonathan R. Mielenz; Robert C. Hopkins; Michael W.W. Adams

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000456

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High-Yield Hydrogen Production from Starch and Water by a Synthetic Enzymatic Pathway

Y.-H. Percival Zhang ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ypzhang@vt.edu

Affiliation Biological Systems Engineering Department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Barbara R. Evans,

Affiliation Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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Jonathan R. Mielenz,

Affiliation Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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Robert C. Hopkins,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Michael W.W. Adams

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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High-Yield Hydrogen Production from Starch and Water by a Synthetic Enzymatic Pathway

Y.-H. Percival Zhang,
Barbara R. Evans,
Jonathan R. Mielenz,
Robert C. Hopkins,
Michael W.W. Adams

Published: May 23, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000456

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Amazing!

Posted by DrGaryPearson on 29 Jun 2007 at 17:34 GMT

Pardon the hyperbole, but this seems to be the kind of research one usually refers to as a "breakthrough".

(Why have I not heard about you on the news?)

Congratulations on your work and good luck in future research.

And, yes, you should call CNN and FOX.

RE: Amazing!

ypzhang replied to DrGaryPearson on 02 Jul 2007 at 23:01 GMT

Thank for your support. We will show the complete conversion of cellulose and water to hydrogen very soon. That will answer a lot of doubts about our research.

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