ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2019
Biophotovoltaics: Green Power Generation From Sunlight and Water.
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.
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- Engineered conductive pili enable high-efficiency photosynthetic electron extraction in biophotovoltaics.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Electrical interface design for additively manufactured polymer anodes for biophotovoltaic systems.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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- Implantable Light-Powered Human Designer Cells for Electrical Energy Generation.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Article
- The Impact of Redox Mediators on the Electrogenic and Physiological Properties of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in a Biophotovoltaic System.ChemSusChem · 2025Article
- Understanding the electron pathway fluidity of Synechocystis in biophotovoltaics.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025Article
- Molecular dynamics of photosynthetic electron flow in a biophotovoltaic system.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of selected tropical marine microalgal cultures for use in biophotovoltaic platforms.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Fluorescence and electron transfer of Limnospira indica functionalized biophotoelectrodes.Photosynthesis research · 2024Article
- Rewiring Photosynthesis by Water-Soluble Fullerene Derivatives for Solar-Powered Electricity Generation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Beneficial applications of biofilms.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2024Review
- Energy harvesting from plants using hybrid microbial fuel cells; potential applications and future exploitation.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Artificial photosynthetic cells with biotic-abiotic hybrid energy modules for customized CONature communications · 2023Article
- Making the connections: physical and electric interactions in biohybrid photosynthetic systems.Energy & environmental science · 2023Review
- Light-driven synthetic microbial consortia: playing with an oxygen dilemma.Quantitative biology (Beijing, China) · 2023Review
- Living electronics: A catalogue of engineered living electronic components.Microbial biotechnology · 2023Review
- Life in biophotovoltaics systems.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Review
- Utilizing Cyanobacteria in Biophotovoltaics: An Emerging Field in Bioelectrochemistry.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2023Article
- Emerging Trends of Nanotechnology and Genetic Engineering in Cyanobacteria to Optimize Production for Future Applications.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- NADPH production in dark stages is critical for cyanobacterial photocurrent generation: a study using mutants deficient in oxidative pentose phosphate pathway.Photosynthesis research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Biophotovoltaics is a relatively new discipline in microbial fuel cell research. The basic idea is the conversion of light energy into electrical energy using photosynthetic microorganisms. The microbes will use their photosynthetic apparatus and the incoming light to split the water molecule. The generated protons and electrons are harvested using a bioelectrochemical system. The key challenge is the extraction of electrons from the microbial electron transport chains into a solid-state anode. On the cathode, a corresponding electrochemical counter reaction will consume the protons and electrons, e.g., through the oxygen reduction to water, or hydrogen formation. In this review, we are aiming to summarize the current state of the art and point out some limitations. We put a specific emphasis on cyanobacteria, as these microbes are considered future workhorses for photobiotechnology and are currently the most widely applied microbes in biophotovoltaics research. Current progress in biophotovoltaics is limited by very low current outputs of the devices while a lack of comparability and standardization of the experimental set-up hinders a systematic optimization of the systems. Nevertheless, the fundamental questions of redox homeostasis in photoautotrophs and the potential to directly harvest light energy from a highly efficient photosystem, rather than through oxidation of inefficiently produced biomass are highly relevant aspects of biophotovoltaics.
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