Tailoring plasmonic and electrostatic field effects to maximize solar energy conversion by bacteriorhodopsin, the other natural photosynthetic system

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3821-3826

  Yen, Chun Wan ^a   Hayden, Steven C ^a   Dreaden, Erik C ^a   Szymanski, Paul ^a   El Sayed, Mostafa A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; blue light effect; Nafion; nanoparticle; photocurrent; plasmonic enhancement

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BIAS; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN (BR); BLUE LIGHT; BLUE LIGHT EFFECT; BLUE PHOTONS; CARRIER SEPARATION; CURRENT ENHANCEMENT; CURRENT PRODUCTION; ELECTROSTATIC FIELD; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; MINIMUM SURFACES; NAFION; NAFION MEMBRANE; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOCYCLES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC SYSTEMS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; SPECTRAL OVERLAP; SURFACE FIELD; THEORETICAL MODELS; TIME-SCALES;

CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

PLASMONS;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; ION; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR ENERGY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; IONS; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR ENERGY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 80052786478     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl2018959     Document Type: Article

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