"Living electrode" as a long-lived photoconverter for biophotolysis of water.
Living blue-green algae (Mastigocladus laminosus), immobilized on an SnO(2) optically transparent electrode with calcium alginate, functioned as an anodic photoelectrode on continuous illumination for periods of time adequate for use in a conventional electrochemical cell. This "living electrode" shows promise of use as a long-lived photoconverter of solar radiant energy to electric energy and as a suitable replacement for unstable chloroplast systems.
Laboratory of Biochemistry, College of Agriculture, Shimane University, Nishikawazu, Matsue, 690 Japan.
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