Merging biology and photovoltaics: How nature helps Sun‐Catching

LM Cavinato, E Fresta, S Ferrara… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Accomplishing sustainability in optoelectronics, in general, and photovoltaics (PV), in
particular, represents a crucial milestone in green photonics. Third generation PV …

Photosynthetic nanomaterial hybrids for bioelectricity and renewable energy systems

YJ Kim, H Hong, JH Yun, SI Kim, HY Jung… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Harvesting solar energy in the form of electricity from the photosynthesis of plants, algal
cells, and bacteria has been researched as the most environment‐friendly renewable …

Novel ZIF-8@ CHs catalysts for photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride

J Wang, K Shi, W Liu, L Yin, Y Xu, D Kong, L Ni… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel ZIF-8@ CHs photocatalyst, which was generated using the metal organic framework
ZIF-8 and intact chloroplasts (CHs) from Chlorella sp. in a one-pot synthesis, was used in …

Photosystem I-polyaniline/TiO 2 solid-state solar cells: simple devices for biohybrid solar energy conversion

EA Gizzie, JS Niezgoda, MT Robinson… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel Photosystem I (PSI) based solid-state solar cells were prepared by directly
electropolymerizing polyaniline (PAni) in the presence of solubilized PSI on a TiO2 anode …

Biohybrid architectures for efficient light-to-current conversion based on photosystem I within scalable 3D mesoporous electrodes

KR Stieger, SC Feifel, H Lokstein, M Hejazi… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The combination of advanced materials and defined surface design with complex proteins
from natural photosynthesis is currently one of the major topics in the development of …

High photocurrent generation by photosystem I on artificial interfaces composed of π-system-modified graphene

SC Feifel, KR Stieger, H Lokstein, H Lux… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Photosystem I (PSI) is a key component of the oxygenic photosynthetic electron transport
chain because of its light-induced charge separation and electron transfer (ET) capabilities …

Enhanced interfacial electron transfer between thylakoids and RuO2 nanosheets for photosynthetic energy harvesting

H Hong, JM Lee, JH Yun, YJ Kim, SI Kim, HI Shin… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The harvesting of photosynthetic electrons (PEs) directly from photosynthetic complexes has
been demonstrated over the past decade. However, their limited efficiency and stability have …

Enhanced photocurrent production by bio-dyes of photosynthetic macromolecules on designed TiO2 film

D Yu, M Wang, G Zhu, B Ge, S Liu, F Huang - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The macromolecular pigment-protein complex has the merit of high efficiency for light-
energy capture and transfer after long-term photosynthetic evolution. Here bio-dyes of A …

MnO 2-decorated highly porous 3D-printed graphene supercapacitors for photosynthetic power systems

HY Jung, SI Kim, JH Kim, YJ Kim, H Hong… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Harvesting of photosynthetic electrons (PEs) from photosynthetic cells or isolated
photosynthetic apparatus holds great prospects for environmentally friendly energy …

Electrochemical preparation of photosystem I–polyaniline composite films for biohybrid solar energy conversion

EA Gizzie, G LeBlanc, GK Jennings… - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this work, we report for the first time the entrapment of the biomolecular supercomplex
Photosystem I (PSI) within a conductive polymer network of polyaniline via electrochemical …