Engineered Bacteriorhodopsin Film with Oriented Patterns for the Improvement of the Photoelectric Response.

ABSTRACT: The use of photosensitive proteins has become a competitive solar energy solution, owing to its pollution-free nature, high conversion efficiency, and good biocompatibility. Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) is an important light-sensitive protein that is widely used in the fabrication of photoelectronic devices. However, research on the optimization and comparison of the immobilization techniques is lacking. In this study, in order to obtain bR films with a high energy conversion efficiency, three immobilization techniques, namely dropcasting, electrophoretic sedimentation, and Langmuir-Blodgett deposition, were used to fabricate films, and their topographical and photoelectrical characteristics were compared. All three immobilization techniques can transfer bR molecules to substrates, forming funct

SUBMITTER: Wu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9785767 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature