Making the connections: physical and electric interactions in biohybrid photosynthetic systems

Y Yang, LN Liu, H Tian, AI Cooper… - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Biohybrid photosynthesis systems, which combine biological and non-biological materials,
have attracted recent interest in solar-to-chemical energy conversion. However, the solar …

Understanding charge carrier dynamics in organic photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution

J Choi, W Jung, S Gonzalez-Carrero… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen generation using particulate photocatalysts is a promising approach to achieving
sustainable energy solutions to energy shortages and environmental challenges. Among …

Elucidating Electron Transfer Kinetics and Optimizing System Performance for Escherichia coli-Based Semi-Artificial H2 Production

MT Gamache, R Charaf, L Kurth, DT Filmon… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Both photo-and biocatalysis are well-established and intensively studied. The combination
of these two approaches is also an emerging research field, commonly referred to as semi …

Promoted Charge Separation and Long-Lived Charge-Separated State in Porphyrin-Viologen Dyad Nanoparticles

B Cai, H Song, A Brnovic, MV Pavliuk… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Developing light-harvesting systems with efficient photoinduced charge separation and long-
lived charge-separated (CS) state is desirable but still challenging. In this study, we …

Photosynthetic Polymer Dots–Bacteria Biohybrid System Based on Transmembrane Electron Transport for Fixing CO2 into Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate

W Yu, MV Pavliuk, A Liu, Y Zeng, S Xia… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Organic semiconductor–microbial photosynthetic biohybrid systems show great potential in
light-driven biosynthesis. In such a system, an organic semiconductor is used to harvest …

Processing polymer photocatalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

RJ Lyons, RS Sprick - Materials Horizons, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Conjugated materials have emerged as competitive photocatalysts for the production of
sustainable hydrogen from water over the last decade. Interest in these polymer …

Covalently linked molecular catalysts in conjugated polymer dots boost photocatalytic alcohol oxidation in neutral condition

S Wang, MV Pavliuk, X Zou, P Huang, B Cai… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As a new class of organic photocatalysts, polymer dots show a potential application in
photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production coupled with chemical oxidation such as …

Phenoxazine-based small molecule heterojunction nanoparticles for photocatalytic hydrogen production

MV Pavliuk, S Wrede, H Tian - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A phenoxazine-based small organic molecular donor POZ-M is designed and synthesized to
prepare organic heterojunction nanoparticles (NPs) with a small molecular acceptor ITIC for …

3D-Printable and Robust All-in-One Polymer-Entangled Photocatalytic Microreactors for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution

LY Ting, BH Li, QC Huang, AR Chen… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels show promise in preventing inorganic catalysis aggregation during hydrogen
evolution. However, the incompatible intrinsic properties of inorganics and hydrogels can …

[HTML][HTML] The role of semi-artificial photosynthetic systems in energy and environmental solutions: a critical review

S Zhao, Q Liu, Y Li, L Feng, S Fu… - Biofuel Research …, 2024 - biofueljournal.com
Creatively integrating synthetic materials (semiconductors and electrodes) and
microorganisms, the semi-artificial photosynthetic system (SAPS) couples the advantages of …