TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhanced output from biohybrid photoelectrochemical transparent tandem cells integrating photosynthetic proteins genetically modified for expanded solar energy harvesting
AU - Ravi, Sai Kishore
AU - Yu, Zhimeng
AU - Swainsbury, David J. K.
AU - Ouyang, Jianyong
AU - Jones, Michael R.
AU - Tan, Swee Ching
N1 - Funding Information:
D.J.K.S. and M.R.J. acknowledge the support from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (project BB/I022570/1). S.K.R. and S.C.T. acknowledge the financial support from MOE AcRF 1 (R-284-000-134-112 and R-284-000-129-133).
PY - 2017/4/5
Y1 - 2017/4/5
N2 - A transparent biohybrid photoelectrochemical tandem cell is developed by employing optically-complementary variants of a photosynthetic protein in a stacked tandem architecture that utilizes a conductive polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS), as a transparent counter electrode. The tandem design demonstrates the photocurrent enhancement by complementary absorption of two naturally-occurring red and green versions of a bacterial Reaction center/Light Harvesting protein (RC-LH1) that vary in the type of light harvesting carotenoid feeding the central reaction center module with excited state energy. The use of PEDOT:PSS electrode results in a 12-fold improvement in photocurrent compared to that achievable with Platinum.
AB - A transparent biohybrid photoelectrochemical tandem cell is developed by employing optically-complementary variants of a photosynthetic protein in a stacked tandem architecture that utilizes a conductive polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS), as a transparent counter electrode. The tandem design demonstrates the photocurrent enhancement by complementary absorption of two naturally-occurring red and green versions of a bacterial Reaction center/Light Harvesting protein (RC-LH1) that vary in the type of light harvesting carotenoid feeding the central reaction center module with excited state energy. The use of PEDOT:PSS electrode results in a 12-fold improvement in photocurrent compared to that achievable with Platinum.
KW - biophotovoltaics
KW - genetic modification
KW - PEDOT:PSS
KW - photosynthetic proteins
KW - transparent tandem solar cells
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85007154026&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/aenm.201601821
DO - 10.1002/aenm.201601821
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85007154026
VL - 7
JO - Advanced Energy Materials
JF - Advanced Energy Materials
SN - 1614-6832
IS - 7
M1 - 1601821
ER -
