A photovoltaic device using an electrolyte containing photosynthetic reaction centers

Energies

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1721-1727

  Takshi, Arash ^a   Madden, John D W ^b   Mahmoudzadeh, Ali ^b   Saer, Rafael ^b   Beatty, J Thomas ^b  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bio photovoltaic (bio PV); Mediators; Photocurrent; Reaction center; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REACTION RATES;

ELECTRODE SURFACES; INCIDENT LIGHT INTENSITY; MEDIATORS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; REACTION CENTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 78449272234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en3111721     Document Type: Article

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