The role of photosynthesis related pigments in light harvesting, photoprotection and enhancement of photosynthetic yield in planta

AJ Simkin, L Kapoor, CGP Doss, TA Hofmann… - Photosynthesis …, 2022 - Springer
Photosynthetic pigments are an integral and vital part of all photosynthetic machinery and
are present in different types and abundances throughout the photosynthetic apparatus …

Comparing photosynthetic and photovoltaic efficiencies and recognizing the potential for improvement

RE Blankenship, DM Tiede, J Barber, GW Brudvig… - science, 2011 - science.org
Comparing photosynthetic and photovoltaic efficiencies is not a simple issue. Although both
processes harvest the energy in sunlight, they operate in distinctly different ways and …

Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

DR Ort, SS Merchant, J Alric, A Barkan… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
The world's crop productivity is stagnating whereas population growth, rising affluence, and
mandates for biofuels put increasing demands on agriculture. Meanwhile, demand for …

Revisiting solar energy flow in nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems

J Liang, K **ao, X Wang, T Hou, C Zeng, X Gao… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems (NMHSs), integrating semiconductor
nanomaterials with microorganisms, present a promising platform for broadband solar …

Natural strategies for photosynthetic light harvesting

R Croce, H Van Amerongen - Nature chemical biology, 2014 - nature.com
Photosynthetic organisms are crucial for life on Earth as they provide food and oxygen and
are at the basis of most energy resources. They have a large variety of light-harvesting …

[BOOK][B] Algae: anatomy, biochemistry, and biotechnology

L Barsanti, P Gualtieri - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
A single-source reference on the biology of algae, the third edition of Algae: Anatomy,
Biochemistry, and Biotechnology examines the most important taxa and structures for …

Exoplanet biosignatures: a review of remotely detectable signs of life

EW Schwieterman, NY Kiang, MN Parenteau… - Astrobiology, 2018 - liebertpub.com
In the coming years and decades, advanced space-and ground-based observatories will
allow an unprecedented opportunity to probe the atmospheres and surfaces of potentially …

Constraints to commercialization of algal fuels

Y Chisti - Journal of biotechnology, 2013 - Elsevier
Production of algal crude oil has been achieved in various pilot scale facilities, but whether
algal fuels can be produced in sufficient quantity to meaningfully displace petroleum fuels …

A review on sustainable microalgae based biofuel and bioenergy production: Recent developments

A Raheem, P Prinsen, AK Vuppaladadiyam… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate changes induced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (mainly carbon
dioxide) is one of the major threats of the modern era. Primary causes are the high reliance …

Far‐red photons have equivalent efficiency to traditional photosynthetic photons: Implications for redefining photosynthetically active radiation

S Zhen, B Bugbee - Plant, cell & environment, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Far‐red photons (701–750 nm) are abundant in sunlight but are considered
inactive for photosynthesis and are thus excluded from the definition of photosynthetically …