Investigation of photocurrents resulting from a living unicellular algae suspension with quinones over time.

ABSTRACT: Plants, algae, and some bacteria convert solar energy into chemical energy by using photosynthesis. In light of the current energy environment, many research strategies try to benefit from photosynthesis in order to generate usable photobioelectricity. Among all the strategies developed for transferring electrons from the photosynthetic chain to an outer collecting electrode, we recently implemented a method on a preparative scale (high surface electrode) based on a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii green algae suspension in the presence of exogenous quinones as redox mediators. While giving rise to an interesting performance (10-60 μA cm^-2) in the course of one hour, this device appears to cause a slow decrease of the recorded photocurrent. In this paper, we wish to analyze and

SUBMITTER: Longatte G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6238620 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature