The design of photo-bioelectrochemical cells based on native photosynthetic reaction centres is attracting substantial recent interest as a means for the conversion of solar light energy into ...

Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have developed a bio-based solar cell. They embedded the two proteins photosystem 1 and 2, which in plants are responsible of photosynthesis, into ...

In leaves, photosystem 1 (PS1) absorbs light and its energy is finally utilized for the conversion of carbon dioxide to biomass. Photovoltaic devices, mostly build from silicon based semiconductors, ...

RUB-Forscher erzeugen Strom statt Biomasse mit Fotosynthese treibenden Proteinen Photosysteme 1 und 2 effizient in Photovoltaikzelle integriert. Forscher der Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) haben eine ...

(Nanowerk News) A cooperation between chemists and biologists from the Ruhr-University Bochum resulted in a new method for the very efficient integration of photosynthetic proteins in photovoltaics.