Study on the feasibility of bacteriorhodopsin as bio-photosensitizer in excitonic solar cell: A first report

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1679-1687

  Thavasi, Velmurugan ^a   Lazarova, Tzvetana ^b   Filipek, Slawomir ^c   Kolinski, Michal ^c   Querol, Enric ^d   Kumar, Abhishek ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^a   Padrós, Esteve ^b   Renugopalakrishnan, V ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolar cell; Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Energy conversion; Metal oxides; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; BACTERIORHODOPSIN (BR); BIOSOLAR CELL; COUNTER ELECTRODE; DISTANCE INTERACTION; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; EXCITONIC SOLAR CELLS; FILM ELECTRODES; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METAL OXIDES; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; OXYGEN ATOM; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; TIO; TRIPLE MUTANTS; WIDE-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR; WILD TYPES;

CELL MEMBRANES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; COLORING AGENT; HYDROXYLAMINE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOLAR ENERGY;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CALORIMETRY; COLORING AGENTS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HYDROXYLAMINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 66349131301     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.SI07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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