Self-photosensitization of nonphotosynthetic bacteria for solar-to-chemical production
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- 1 January 2016
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- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 351 (6268), 74-77
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad3317
Abstract
Using light in the darkness: Solid-state devices can efficiently capture solar energy to produce chemicals and fuels from carbon dioxide. Yet biology has already developed a high-specificity, low-cost system to do just that through photosynthesis. Sakimoto et al. developed a biological-inorganic hybrid that combines the best of both worlds (see the Perspective by Müller). They precipitated semiconductor nanoparticles on the surface of a nonphotosynthetic bacterium to serve as a light harvester. The captured energy sustained cellular metabolism, producing acetic acid: a natural waste product of respiration. Science , this issue p. 74 ; see also p. 34Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. Department of Energy (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
- NSF (DMR-1507914)
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