Photoelectrochemical complexes for solar energy conversion that chemically and autonomously regenerate

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 929-936

  Ham, Moon Ho ^a   Choi, Jong Hyun ^b   Boghossian, Ardemis A ^a   Jeng, Esther S ^a   Graff, Rachel A ^a   Heller, Daniel A ^a   Chang, Alice C ^a   Mattis, Aidas ^c   Bayburt, Timothy H ^c   Grinkova, Yelena V ^c   Zeiger, Adam S ^a   Van Vliet, Krystyn J ^a   Hobbie, Erik K ^d   Sligar, Stephen G ^c   Wraight, Colin A ^c   Strano, Michael S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; PHOSPHOLIPID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; LIPID BILAYER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYERS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 78049346345     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.822     Document Type: Article

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