Hybrid system of semiconductor and photosynthetic protein

Y Kim, SA Shin, J Lee, KD Yang, KT Nam - Nanotechnology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Photosynthetic protein has the potential to be a new attractive material for solar energy
absorption and conversion. The development of semiconductor/photosynthetic protein …

Electron transfer, conduction and biorecognition properties of the redox metalloprotein Azurin assembled onto inorganic substrates

C Baldacchini, AR Bizzarri, S Cannistraro - European Polymer Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
The efficient implementation of functional biomolecules into hybrid devices is a central topic
in current material science research, and redox metalloproteins often emerged as promising …

Photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides exhibits prolonged charge storage

SK Ravi, P Rawding, AM Elshahawy, K Huang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Photosynthetic proteins have been extensively researched for solar energy harvesting.
Though the light-harvesting and charge-separation functions of these proteins have been …

A mechanoresponsive phase‐changing electrolyte enables fabrication of high‐output solid‐state photobioelectrochemical devices from pigment‐protein multilayers

SK Ravi, DJK Swainsbury, VK Singh… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Exploitation of natural photovoltaic reaction center pigment proteins in biohybrid
architectures for solar energy harvesting is attractive due to their global abundance …

Cytochrome c Provides an Electron-Funneling Antenna for Efficient Photocurrent Generation in a Reaction Center Biophotocathode

VM Friebe, D Millo, DJK Swainsbury… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The high quantum efficiency of photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) makes them attractive
for bioelectronic and biophotovoltaic applications. However, much of the native RC …

Protein orientation defines rectification of electronic current via solid-state junction of entire photosystem-1 complex

JA Fereiro, T Bendikov, A Herrmann… - The journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate that the direction of current rectification via one of nature's most efficient
light-harvesting systems, the photosystem 1 complex (PS1), can be controlled by its …

Large photocurrent response and external quantum efficiency in biophotoelectrochemical cells incorporating reaction center plus light harvesting complexes

H Yaghoubi, E Lafalce, D Jun, X Jiang… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) are promising materials for solar energy
harvesting, due to their high ratio of photogenerated electrons to absorbed photons and long …

Optical Shading Induces an In‐Plane Potential Gradient in a Semiartificial Photosynthetic System Bringing Photoelectric Synergy

SK Ravi, Y Zhang, Y Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Semiartificial photosynthetic systems have opened up new avenues for harvesting solar
energy using natural photosynthetic materials in combination with synthetic components …

Plasmonic Enhancement of Biosolar Cells Employing Light Harvesting Complex II Incorporated with Core–Shell Metal@TiO2 Nanoparticles

Y Yang, HB Gobeze, F D'Souza… - Advanced Materials …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Here the study of effects of plasmonic nanoparticles (PNPs) conjugated with natural extract
light‐harvesting complex II (LHCII) is reported. Three types of core–shell metal@ TiO2 PNPs …

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 …