Bioelectrocatalysis as the basis for the design of enzyme-based biofuel cells and semi-artificial biophotoelectrodes

A Ruff, F Conzuelo, W Schuhmann - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Bioelectrocatalysis provides access to sustainable and highly efficient technological
applications. However, several limitations related either to the intrinsic properties of the …

Inverse Opal CuCrO2 Photocathodes for H2 Production Using Organic Dyes and a Molecular Ni Catalyst

CE Creissen, J Warnan, D Antón-García, Y Farre… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical (DSPEC) cells are an emerging approach to
producing solar fuels. The recent development of delafossite CuCrO2 as a p-type …

A photosystem I monolayer with anisotropic electron flow enables Z-scheme like photosynthetic water splitting

F Zhao, P Wang, A Ruff, V Hartmann… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photosynthetic protein complexes are attractive building blocks for the fabrication of semi-
artificial energy conversion devices. However, limitations in the efficiency of the …

Photosystem I multilayers within porous indium tin oxide cathodes enhance mediated electron transfer

KD Wolfe, D Dervishogullari, CD Stachurski… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and improving charge transfer pathways between extracted Photosystem I
(PSI) protein complexes and electrodes is necessary for the development of low‐cost PSI …

In situ time-resolved spectroelectrochemistry reveals limitations of biohybrid photoelectrode performance

WJ Nawrocki, MR Jones, RN Frese, R Croce… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Photosynthetic reaction centers catalyze the majority of solar energy conversion on the
Earth. Under low-intensity illumination, this is achieved with a near-unity quantum efficiency …

Closing the Gap for Electronic Short‐Circuiting: Photosystem I Mixed Monolayers Enable Improved Anisotropic Electron Flow in Biophotovoltaic Devices

P Wang, A Frank, F Zhao, J Szczesny… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Well‐defined assemblies of photosynthetic protein complexes are required for an optimal
performance of semi‐artificial energy conversion devices, capable of providing …

Time series analysis and long short-term memory (LSTM) network prediction of BPV current density

TI Okedi, AC Fisher - Energy & Environmental Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biophotovoltaics (BPVs) have increasingly gained interest due to their potential to generate
low-carbon electricity and chemicals from just sunlight and water using photosynthetic …

Photoelectrodes with polydopamine thin films incorporating a bacterial photoenzyme

M Lo Presti, MM Giangregorio, R Ragni… - Advanced Electronic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A fabrication strategy of photoactive biohybrid electrodes based on the immobilization of the
bacterial reaction center (RC) onto indium tin oxide (ITO) is proposed. The RC is an integral …

Photoelectrochemical Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy (PEC2DES) of Photosystem I: Charge Separation Dynamics Hidden in a Multichromophoric …

M López-Ortiz, L Bolzonello, M Bruschi… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We present a nonlinear spectroelectrochemical technique to investigate photosynthetic
protein complexes. The PEC2DES setup combines photoelectrochemical detection (PEC) …

Photosystem I enhances the efficiency of a natural, gel-based dye-sensitized solar cell

JM Passantino, KD Wolfe, KT Simon… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The photosystem I (PSI) protein complex is known to enhance bioelectrode performance for
many liquid-based photoelectrochemical cells. A hydrogel as electrolyte media allows for …