Bright ways to utilize the sun

Vijselaar, Wouter

doi:10.3990/1.9789036544801

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“…15,16 Studies on catalysts coverage and photoabsorber architecture have also identified the optimal photocathode design to minimize the trade-off between optical absorption and catalytic activity of opaque catalyst. 17 Furthermore, several techniques have been developed for fabricating multifunctional or integrated devices. For example, Yang et al synthesized a high-performing watersplitting photocatalytic device by coating the silicon photoanode with Co 3 O 4 /Co(OH) 2 biphasic thin-films via plasmonenhanced atomic layer deposition.…”

Section: Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Learning from Solar Energy Conversion: Biointerfaces for Artificial Photosynthesis and Biological Modulation

Lee

Tian

2019

Nano Lett.

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Three seemingly distinct directions of nanomaterials research, photovoltaics, biofuel production, and biological modulation, have been sequentially developed over the past several decades. In this Mini Review, we discuss how the insights gleaned from nanomaterials-based solar energy conversion can be adapted to biointerface designs. Because of their size-and shape-dependent optical properties and excellent synthetic control, nanomaterials have shown unique technological advantages as the light absorbers or energy transducers. Biocompatible nanomaterials have also been incorporated into biological systems including biomolecules, bacteria, and eukaryotic cells for a large collection of fundamental studies and applications. For the photocatalytic biofuel production, either isolated bacterial enzymes or the entire bacteria have been hybridized with the nanomaterials, where functions from both parts are synergistically integrated. Likewise, interfacing nanomaterials with eukaryotic systems, whether in individual cells or tissues, has enabled optical modulation of cellular behavior and the construction of active cellular materials.Here we survey different approaches in which nanomaterials are used to elicit electrical or mechanical changes in single cells or cellular assemblies via photoelectrochemical or photothermal processes. We end this Mini Review with the discussion of future nongenetic modulation at the intracellular level.

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Section: Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%