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 …

Photosynthetic organisms and isolated photosystems are of interest for technical
applications. In nature, photosynthetic electron transport has to work efficiently in contrasting …

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) which are also called Graetzel cells are a novel type of
solar cells. Their advantages are mainly low cost production, low energy payback time …

Dye-sensitized solar cells based on bacterial-based photosensitizers (bio-sensitized
DSSCs) are promising bio-photoelectronic molecular devices exhibiting enhanced electron …

Photosystem II (PSII) is a multi-subunit enzyme responsible for solar-driven water oxidation
to release O2 and highly reducing electrons during photosynthesis. The study of PSII in …

Cyanobacteria possess unique and exciting features among photosynthetic microorganisms
for energy conversion applications. This study focuses on production of direct electricity …

Peptides are ubiquitous in nature and useful in many fields, from agriculture as pesticides, in
medicine as antibacterial and antifungal drugs founded in the innate immune systems, to …

Oxygenic photosynthetic organisms perform solar energy conversion of water and CO2 to
O2 and sugar at a broad range of wavelengths and light intensities. These cells also …

In photosynthesis, conversion of solar energy into chemical energy follows a Z-scheme,
which involves two sequential photoinduced charge separation steps (Figure1A). First, upon …

Dye-sensitized solar cells have been of great interest in photovoltaic technology due to their
capacity to convert energy at a low cost. The use of natural pigments means replacing …