[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 …

A comparison between plant photosystem I and photosystem II architecture and functioning

S Caffarri, T Tibiletti, RC Jennings… - Current Protein and …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Oxygenic photosynthesis is indispensable both for the development and maintenance of life
on earth by converting light energy into chemical energy and by producing molecular …

Light-adapted charge-separated state of photosystem II: structural and functional dynamics of the closed reaction center

G Sipka, M Magyar, A Mezzetti, P Akhtar, Q Zhu… - The Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Photosystem II (PSII) uses solar energy to oxidize water and delivers electrons for life on
Earth. The photochemical reaction center of PSII is known to possess two stationary states …

New foundations for the physical mechanism of variable chlorophyll a fluorescence. Quantum efficiency versus the light-adapted state of photosystem II

G Garab, M Magyar, G Sipka… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Photosystem II (PSII) uses solar energy to oxidize water and delivers electrons to fix CO2.
Although the structure at atomic resolution and the basic photophysical and photochemical …

Identification of two quenching sites active in the regulation of photosynthetic light-harvesting studied by time-resolved fluorescence

AR Holzwarth, Y Miloslavina, M Nilkens… - Chemical Physics Letters, 2009 - Elsevier
The regulation of light-harvesting (called non-photochemical quenching, NPQ) is an
essential photoprotective mechanism active in plants. Total NPQ is dependent on PsbS, a …

Alternative Fast and Slow Primary Charge‐Separation Pathways in Photosystem II

M Capone, A Sirohiwal, M Aschi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photosystem‐II (PSII) is a multi‐subunit protein complex that harvests sunlight to perform
oxygenic photosynthesis. Initial light‐activated charge separation takes place at a reaction …

Far-red absorption and light-use efficiency trade-offs in chlorophyll f photosynthesis

V Mascoli, L Bersanini, R Croce - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
Plants and cyanobacteria use the chlorophylls embedded in their photosystems to absorb
photons and perform charge separation, the first step of converting solar energy to chemical …

Chlorophyll a fluorescence: beyond the limits of the QA model

G Schansker, SZ Tóth, AR Holzwarth, G Garab - Photosynthesis research, 2014 - Springer
Chlorophyll a fluorescence is a non-invasive tool widely used in photosynthesis research.
According to the dominant interpretation, based on the model proposed by Duysens and …

[HTML][HTML] On the relationship between non-photochemical quenching and photoprotection of photosystem II

PH Lambrev, Y Miloslavina, P Jahns… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2012 - Elsevier
Non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) of chlorophyll fluorescence is thought to be an
indicator of an essential regulation and photoprotection mechanism against high-light stress …

Direct energy transfer from photosystem II to photosystem I confers winter sustainability in Scots Pine

P Bag, V Chukhutsina, Z Zhang, S Paul… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Evergreen conifers in boreal forests can survive extremely cold (freezing) temperatures
during long dark winter and fully recover during summer. A phenomenon called “sustained …