Solid-state biophotovoltaic cells containing photosystem I.

Gordiichuk, Pavlo I; Wetzelaer, Gert-Jan A H; Rimmerman, Dolev; Gruszka, Agnieszka; de Vries, Jan Willem; Saller, Manfred; Gautier, Daniel A; Catarci, Stefano et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The large multiprotein complex, photosystem I (PSI), which is at the heart of light-dependent reactions in photosynthesis, is integrated as the active component in a solid-state organic photovoltaic cell. These experiments demonstrate that photoactive megadalton protein complexes are compatible with solution processing of organic-semiconductor materials and operate in a dry non-natural environment that is very different from the biological membrane.

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