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ReviewChemistry & biology2010

Energy conversion in natural and artificial photosynthesis.

Iain McConnell, Gonghu Li, Gary W Brudvig

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Review in Chemistry & biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Changing the tracks: screening for electron transfer proteins to support hydrogen production.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Iain McConnellDepartment of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Gonghu Li
Gary W Brudvig

Funding

STRUCTURE/FUNCTION RELATIONS IN MEMBRANE PROTEINSR01GM032715 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BRUDVIG, GARY W · 1985 to 2010
$2.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM32715NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM032715
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern civilization is dependent upon fossil fuels, a nonrenewable energy source originally provided by the storage of solar energy. Fossil-fuel dependence has severe consequences, including energy security issues and greenhouse gas emissions. The consequences of fossil-fuel dependence could be avoided by fuel-producing artificial systems that mimic natural photosynthesis, directly converting solar energy to fuel. This review describes the three key components of solar energy conversion in photosynthesis: light harvesting, charge separation, and catalysis. These processes are compared in natural and in artificial systems. Such a comparison can assist in understanding the general principles of photosynthesis and in developing working devices, including photoelectrochemical cells, for solar energy conversion.

Indexed as

PhotosynthesisBiomimetic MaterialsCatalysisElectron TransportEnergy-Generating ResourcesLight-Harvesting Protein ComplexesPhotochemical ProcessesSolar EnergyLight-Harvesting Protein Complexes

Identifiers

PMID20534342
PMCPMC2891097

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