Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Au-Cyanobacteria Hybrid for Solar to Chemical Production

Hu, Qiushi; Hu, Haitao; Cui, Lei; Li, Zhaodong; Svedruzic, Drazenka; Blackburn, Jeffrey L.; Beard, Matthew C.; Ni, Jun; Xiong, Wei; Gao, Xiang; Chen, Xihan

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02707

Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Au-Cyanobacteria Hybrid for Solar to Chemical Production

Journal Article · 22 December 2022 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02707· OSTI ID:1922098

Hu, Qiushi; Hu, Haitao; Cui, Lei; Li, Zhaodong; ; ; ; Ni, Jun; Xiong, Wei; Gao, Xiang; Chen, Xihan

The rise of inorganic-biohybrid organisms for solar-to-chemical production has spurred mechanistic investigations into the dynamics of the biotic-abiotic interface to drive the development of next-generation hybrid systems. The model system, cyanobacteria-gold nanoparticle hybrids, combines a light harvester with a photosynthetic bacterium to drive the reduction of CO2 to glycerol with improved efficiency and increased glycerol production by 14.6%, in comparison to cyanobacteria only. In this work, we report insights into this unique photochemical behavior and propose a charge-transfer pathway from Au nanoparticle to cyanobacteria. Transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy revealed that photoexcited electron transfer rates are on the order of a few ps to the potential electron acceptor in photosystem II. This work represents a promising platform to utilize a conventional spectroscopic methodology to extract insights from more complex biotic-abiotic hybrid systems.

Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22), Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, Solar Photochemistry Program

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1922098

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-83617; MainId:84390; UUID:0e21200f-871b-4f4e-8e27-cc8ba3fc1cd1; MainAdminID:68550

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 8, Issue 1

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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