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Re: New method for converting solar energy into electrical power using photo-bioelectrochemical cells

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> New method for converting solar energy into electrical power using 
> photo-bioelectrochemical cells
>> http://phys.org/news/2016-01-method-solar-energy-electrical-power.html#nRlv
> 
> 
>> A new paradigm for the development of photo-bioelectrochemical cells
>> has been reported in the journal Nature Energy by researchers from
>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Israel, and the University of
>> Bochum, in Germany.
>>
>> The design of photo-bioelectrochemical cells based on native
>> photosynthetic reaction is attracting substantial recent interest as
>> a means for the conversion of solar light energy into electrical
>> power.
>>
>> In the natural photosynthetic apparatus, photosynthetic reaction is
>> coupled to biocatalytic transformations leading to CO2 fixation and
>> O2 evolution. Although significant progress has been achieved in the
>> integration of native photosystems with electrodes for
>> light-to-electrical energy conversion, the conjugation of the
>> photosystems to enzymes to yield photo-bioelectrocatalytic solar
>> cells remains a challenge.
 
Yet another useless lab curiousity. 
 

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Jim Pennino

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New method for converting solar energy into electrical power using photo-bioelectrochemical cells Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 20:37 -0600
  Re: New method for converting solar energy into electrical power using photo-bioelectrochemical cells jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-20 03:16 +0000
    Re: New method for converting solar energy into electrical power using photo-bioelectrochemical cells benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 23:46 -0500

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