Artificial Photosynthesis: Is Computation Ready for the Challenge Ahead?

ABSTRACT: A tremendous effort is currently devoted to the generation of novel hybrid materials with enhanced electronic properties for the creation of artificial photosynthetic systems. This compelling and challenging problem is well-defined from an experimental point of view, as the design of such materials relies on combining organic materials or metals with biological systems like light harvesting and redox-active proteins. Such hybrid systems can be used, e.g., as bio-sensors, bio-fuel cells, biohybrid photoelectrochemical cells, and nanostructured photoelectronic devices. Despite these efforts, the main bottleneck is the formation of efficient interfaces between the biological and the organic/metal counterparts for efficient electron transfer (ET). It is within this aspect that computation can

SUBMITTER: Osella S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7911014 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature