Artificial Photosynthesis

Use of deep eutectic solvents in environmentally-friendly dye-sensitized solar cells and their physicochemical properties: a brief review

“…The mechanism of these solar cells emulates the natural photosynthesis process and is termed "articial photosynthesis". 30,31 The review also outlines prospective avenues for future research within this area.…”

Development of a Novel Nanoarchitecture of the Robust Photosystem I from a Volcanic Microalga Cyanidioschyzon merolae on Single Layer Graphene for Improved Photocurrent Generation

“…One of the most promising artificial photosynthesis approaches is based on rational nanoengineering of the biomolecular solar converting systems which encompass the robust biophotocatalysts, such as photosystem I (PSI) which works in tandem with the solar-driven water-splitting enzyme, photosystem II (PSII) to carry out the electron and proton transfer in conjunction with cytochrome b 6 f (cyt b 6 f ) and the specific mobile electron carriers [5,6]. The artificial photosynthesis approach uses the natural process as a blueprint, extrapolating the fundamental principles of the early energy conversion steps and conjugating either the synthetic photocatalysts, natural (photo)enzymes or the hybrid nanostructures of both components with smart electrode materials [7,8]. In the biomolecular approach, a biophotocatalyst of choice is often the PSI complex, a highly stable macromolecular machine able to efficiently convert photons into a long-lived charge separated state working with an internal quantum efficiency close to 100% [9,10].…”