Nature-inspired enhancement in power conversion efficiency of bio-photovoltaics using photosynthetic protein complexes

KK Chenab, MRZ Meymian, S Bagheri… - Materials Science in …, 2025 - Elsevier
Photosynthesis (PS) teaches us to manipulate power conversion efficiency (PCE) of bio-
photovoltaics (Bio-PVs). Over the past few years, Bio-PVs have struggled with low PCE …

Bio-sensitized solar cells built from renewable carbon sources

CC Villarreal, S Monge, D Aguilar, A Tames… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advances in materials science lead to the emergence of novel materials to address
current energy and environmental challenges, such as energy-intensive manufacturing …

Bio-inorganic hybrid structures for direct electron transfer to photosystem I in photobioelectrodes

S Morlock, SK Subramanian, A Zouni… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Synthetic materials can be combined with biological components in many ways. One
example that provides scientists with multiple challenges is a photobioelectrode that …

Scalable three-dimensional photobioelectrodes made of reduced graphene oxide combined with photosystem I

S Morlock, SK Subramanian, A Zouni… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photobioelectrodes represent one of the examples where artificial materials are combined
with biological entities to undertake semi-artificial photosynthesis. Here, an approach is …

Graphene oxide decorated with gold enables efficient biophotovolatic cells incorporating photosystem I

N Torabi, S Rousseva, Q Chen, A Ashrafi… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper describes the use of reduced graphene oxide decorated with gold nanoparticles
as an efficient electron transfer layer for solid-state biophotovoltic cells containing …

PEDOT-carbon nanotube counter electrodes and bipyridine cobalt (II/III) mediators as universally compatible components in bio-sensitized solar cells using …

AH Teodor, S Monge, D Aguilar, A Tames… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In nature, solar energy is captured by different types of light harvesting protein–pigment
complexes. Two of these photoactivatable proteins are bacteriorhodopsin (bR), which …

Recent Insights about the Role of Gels in Organic Photonics and Electronics

JM Galindo, C Tardío, B Saikia, S Van Cleuvenbergen… - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review article provides an in-depth exploration of the role of gels in the fields of organic
electronics and photonics, focusing on their unique properties and applications. Despite …

Fullerenes enhance self-assembly and electron injection of photosystem I in biophotovoltaic devices

N Torabi, X Qiu, M López-Ortiz, M Loznik, A Herrmann… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
This paper describes the fabrication of microfluidic devices with a focus on controlling the
orientation of photosystem I (PSI) complexes, which directly affects the performance of …

Interfacing poly (p-anisidine) with photosystem I for the fabrication of photoactive composite films

MA Nabhan, AV Cordova-Huaman, DE Cliffel… - Nanoscale …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photosystem I (PSI) is an intrinsically photoactive multi-subunit protein that is found in higher
order photosynthetic organisms. PSI is a promising candidate for renewable biohybrid …

Competition between intra-protein charge recombination and electron transfer outside photosystem I complexes used for photovoltaic applications

A Goyal, S Szewczyk, G Burdziński, M Abram… - Photochemical & …, 2022 - Springer
Photosystem I (PSI) complexes isolated from three different species were electrodeposited
on FTO conducting glass, forming a photoactive multilayer of the photo-electrode, for …