A kinetic model for redox-active film based biophotoelectrodes.

ABSTRACT: Redox-active films are advantageous matrices for the immobilization of photosynthetic proteins, due to their ability to mediate electron transfer as well as to achieve high catalyst loading on an electrode for efficient generation of electricity or solar fuels. A general challenge arises from various charge recombination pathways along the light-induced electron transfer chain from the electrode to the charge carriers for electricity production or to the final electron acceptors for solar fuel formation. Experimental methods based on current measurement or product quantification are often unable to discern between the contributions from the photocatalytic process and the detrimental effect of the short-circuiting reactions. Here we report on a general electrochemical model of the reaction-

SUBMITTER: Buesen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677029 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature