Versatile design of biohybrid light-harvesting architectures to tune location, density, and spectral coverage of attached synthetic chromophores for enhanced energy capture

Journal Article · Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Photosynthesis Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-014-9993-8· OSTI ID:1123152

Harris, Michelle A. ^[1]; Jiang, Jianbing ^[2]; Niedzwiedzki, Dariusz M. ^[1]; Jiao, Jieying ^[3]; Taniguchi, Masahiko ^[2]; Kirmaier, Christine ^[1]; Loach, Paul A. ^[4]; Bocian, David F. ^[3]; Lindsey, Jonathan S. ^[2]; Holten, Dewey ^[1]; Parkes-Loach, Pamela S. ^[4]

---

1. Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
2. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
3. Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
4. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

Biohybrid antennas built upon chromophore–polypeptide conjugates show promise for the design of efficient light-capturing modules for specific purposes. Three new designs, each of which employs analogs of the β-polypeptide from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, have been investigated.

• Research Organization: Blankenship/Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0001035
• OSTI ID: 1123152
• Report Number(s): DOE/SC0001035-106
• Journal Information: Photosynthesis Research, Vol. 121, Issue 1; Related Information: PARC partners with Washington University in St. Louis (lead); University of California, Riverside; University of Glasgow, UK; Los Alamos National Laboratory; University of New Mexico; New Mexico Corsortium; North Carolina State University; Northwestern University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; University of Pennsylvania; Sandia National Laboratories; University of Sheffield, UK; ISSN 0166-8595
• Publisher: Springer
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY