title: Biological components and bioelectronic interfaces of water splitting photoelectrodes for solar hydrogen production.
abstract: Artificial photosynthesis (AP) is inspired by photosynthesis in nature. In AP, solar hydrogen can be produced by water splitting in photoelectrochemical cells (PEC). The necessary photoelectrodes are inorganic semiconductors. Light-harvesting proteins and biocatalysts can be coupled with these photoelectrodes and thus form bioelectronic interfaces. We expand this concept toward PEC devices with vital bio-organic components and interfaces, and their integration into the built environment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for High Performance Ceramics, Empa. Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf (Switzerland). artur.braun@alumni.ethz.ch.
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boudoire
authors.forename: Debajeet K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bora
authors.forename: Greta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Faccio
authors.forename: Yelin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kroll
authors.forename: Bongjin S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Mun
authors.forename: Samuel T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D004566:Electrodes; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D012993:Solar Energy; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D006859:Hydrogen
keywords: artificial photosynthesis; bioelectric interface; charge transfer; energy transfer; solar hydrogen