[HTML][HTML] Solar energy conversion: From natural to artificial photosynthesis

ME El-Khouly, E El-Mohsnawy, S Fukuzumi - Journal of photochemistry and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar energy has a great potential as a clean, cheap, renewable and sustainable energy
source, but it must be captured and transformed into useful forms of energy as plants do. An …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated photosystem II-based photo-bioelectrochemical cells

O Yehezkeli, R Tel-Vered, J Wasserman… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Photosynthesis is a sustainable process that converts light energy into chemical energy.
Substantial research efforts are directed towards the application of the photosynthetic …

[HTML][HTML] Combination of a photosystem 1-based photocathode and a photosystem 2-based photoanode to a Z-scheme mimic for biophotovoltaic applications

T Kothe, N Plumeré, A Badura… - … (International ed. in …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In photosynthesis, conversion of solar energy into chemical energy follows a Z-scheme,
which involves two sequential photoinduced charge separation steps (Figure1A). First, upon …

[HTML][HTML] Growing green electricity: progress and strategies for use of photosystem I for sustainable photovoltaic energy conversion

K Nguyen, BD Bruce - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2014 - Elsevier
Oxygenic photosynthesis is driven via sequential action of Photosystem II (PSII) and (PSI)
reaction centers via the Z-scheme. Both of these pigment–membrane protein complexes are …

Photosystem I–Based biohybrid photoelectrochemical cells

PN Ciesielski, FM Hijazi, AM Scott, CJ Faulkner… - Bioresource …, 2010 - Elsevier
Photosynthesis is the process by which Nature coordinates a tandem of protein complexes
of impressive complexity that function to harness staggering amounts of solar energy on a …

[HTML][HTML] Biohybrid solar cells: Fundamentals, progress, and challenges

E Musazade, R Voloshin, N Brady, J Mondal… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the last two decades many reports have been published on diverse types of biohybrid
electrodes utilizing components of the photosynthetic apparatus. Currently, the development …

Wiring photosynthetic enzymes to electrodes

A Badura, T Kothe, W Schuhmann… - Energy & Environmental …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficient electron transfer between redox enzymes and electrode surfaces can be
obtained by wiring redox enzymes using, for instance, polymer-bound redox relays as has …

Engineered electron‐transfer chain in photosystem 1 based photocathodes outperforms electron‐transfer rates in natural photosynthesis

T Kothe, S Pöller, F Zhao, P Fortgang… - … A European Journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Photosystem 1 (PS1) triggers the most energetic light‐induced charge‐separation
step in nature and the in vivo electron‐transfer rates approach 50 e− s− 1 PS1− 1 …

Enhanced photocurrent production by photosystem I multilayer assemblies

PN Ciesielski, CJ Faulkner, MT Irwin… - Advanced Functional …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐term success of photosynthetic organisms has resulted in their global
superabundance, which is sustained by their widespread, continual mass‐production of the …