Putting photosystem I to work: truly green energy

AH Teodor, BD Bruce - Trends in biotechnology, 2020 - cell.com
Meeting growing energy demands sustainably is one of the greatest challenges facing the
world. The sun strikes the Earth with sufficient energy in 1.5 h to meet annual world energy …

Photonics and optoelectronics with bacteria: making materials from photosynthetic microorganisms

F Milano, A Punzi, R Ragni, M Trotta… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A critical selection of the recent literature reports on the use of photosynthetic and
photoresponsive bacteria as a source of materials for optoelectronics and photonic devices …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the spectral range of plant and bacterial light-harvesting pigment-protein complexes with various synthetic chromophores incorporated into lipid …

AM Hancock, DJK Swainsbury, SA Meredith… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Light-Harvesting (LH) pigment-protein complexes found in photosynthetic
organisms have the role of absorbing solar energy with high efficiency and transferring it to …

Effects of electrical stimulation on carbon sequestration of photosynthetic bacteria: Response of the photosynthetic unit to electrical stimulation

C Sun, Q Yu, Z Zhao, Y Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems have been used to enhance the carbon sequestration of
photosynthetic bacteria (PSB), but it is unclear whether the electrical stimulation affects the …

Selective expression of light-harvesting complexes alters phospholipid composition in the intracytoplasmic membrane and core complex of purple phototrophic …

I Satoh, K Gotou, S Nagatsuma, KVP Nagashima… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phospholipid–protein interactions play important roles in regulating the function and
morphology of photosynthetic membranes in purple phototrophic bacteria. Here, we …

Ultrafast photodynamics and quantitative evaluation of biohybrid photosynthetic antenna and reaction center complexes generating photocurrent

Y Yoneda, A Goto, N Takeda, H Harada… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A functional linkage between light-harvesting and photocatalytic components is a pivotal
issue for using solar energy in chemical conversions; however, this concept is far from being …

Minding the gap between plant and bacterial photosynthesis within a self-assembling biohybrid photosystem

J Liu, J Mantell, MR Jones - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Many strategies for meeting mankind's future energy demands through the exploitation of
plentiful solar energy have been influenced by the efficient and sustainable processes of …

Functional Coupling of Biohybrid Photosynthetic Antennae and Reaction Center Complexes: Quantitative Comparison with Native Antennae

T Dewa, K Kimoto, G Kasagi, H Harada… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Light-harvesting (LH) complexes in photosynthetic organisms absorb photons within limited
wavelength ranges over a broad solar spectrum. Extension of the LH wavelength has been …

Design and modelling of a photo-electrochemical transduction system based on solubilized photosynthetic reaction centres

F Milano, F Ciriaco, M Trotta, D Chirizzi, V De Leo… - Electrochimica …, 2019 - Elsevier
The bacterial photosynthetic reaction centre (RC) is a membrane spanning protein that,
upon illumination, promotes the reduction of a ubiquinone molecule withdrawing electrons …