Solar spectral conversion for improving the photosynthetic activity in algae reactors

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wondraczek, Lothar ^a   Batentschuk, Miroslaw ^b   Schmidt, Markus A ^c   Borchardt, Rudolf ^b   Scheiner, Simon ^b   Seemann, Benjamin ^b   Schweizer, Peter ^b   Brabec, Christoph J ^b,d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLOROPHYLL B; EUROPIUM; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; CHLOROPHYLL;

ABSORPTION; ALGAL MAT; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLAST; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY FLUX; GREEN ALGA; IRRADIATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REACTOR; RED LIGHT; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TIME; RADIATION RESPONSE;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883241605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3047     Document Type: Article

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