Solar Energy Harvesting with Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes

✍ Scribed by Sai Kishore Ravi, Swee Ching Tan

Publisher: Springer Singapore;Springer
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Leaves: 179
Series: Green Energy and Technology
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book chronicles a few approaches to constructing biohybrid devices using photosynthetic protein complexes. Can the abundantly available solar energy be tapped to meet our rising energy demands using green and cheap active materials? Exploring nature’s own tiny solar factories, the photosynthetic proteins could hold the key. Photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes found in plants and certain types of bacteria transduce sunlight into biologically useful forms of energy through a photochemical charge separation that has a 100% quantum efficiency. Getting the photoproteins to perform this efficient energy conversion reaction in a semi-artificial setup is central to developing biohybrid solar technologies, a promising green alternative to today’s photovoltaics. This book looks into the existing challenges and opportunities in the field of biohybrid photovoltaics and provides a few prospective methods of enhancing the photocurrent and photovoltage in these devices. The book targets the readership of students, academics, and industrial practitioners who are interested in alternative solar technologies.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-ix
Introduction (Sai Kishore Ravi, Swee Ching Tan)....Pages 1-25
Augmenting Photocurrent Using Photoproteins of Complementary Optical Characteristics (Sai Kishore Ravi, Swee Ching Tan)....Pages 27-40
Interfacing Photoproteins with Mechanoresponsive Electrolytes for Enhancing Photocurrent and Stability (Sai Kishore Ravi, Swee Ching Tan)....Pages 41-64
Integrating the Light Reactions of a Photoprotein and a Semiconductor for Enhanced Photovoltage (Sai Kishore Ravi, Swee Ching Tan)....Pages 65-77
Role of Band-Structure Approach in Biohybrid Photovoltaics—A Path Beyond Bioelectrochemistry (Sai Kishore Ravi, Swee Ching Tan)....Pages 79-110
Prolonged Charge Trapping in Photoproteins and Its Implications for Bio-Photocapacitors (Sai Kishore Ravi, Swee Ching Tan)....Pages 111-125
Photoproteins Tapping Solar Energy to Power Sensors (Sai Kishore Ravi, Swee Ching Tan)....Pages 127-140
Bio-Schottky Semi-Artificial Photosynthetic Devices (Sai Kishore Ravi, Swee Ching Tan)....Pages 141-156
Future Directions (Sai Kishore Ravi, Swee Ching Tan)....Pages 157-166
Back Matter ....Pages 167-172

✦ Subjects

Energy; Energy Harvesting; Energy Materials; Green Chemistry

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