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ReviewNature communications2025

Bio-hybrid photoelectrochemical catalysis for solar fuels and chemicals conversion.

Bin Cai, Mariia V Pavliuk, Gustav Berggren, Haining Tian

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Review in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing 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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

4 authors.

Bin CaiDepartment of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-9022
Mariia V PavliukDepartment of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Gustav BerggrenDepartment of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6717-6612
Haining TianDepartment of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. haining.tian@kemi.uu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6897-2808

Funding

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) 2024.0223Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist Byggmästare 220-0226Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas (Swedish Research Council Formas) 2021-04471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bio-hybrid photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices integrate the complementary advantages of both biocatalyst and abiotic components, providing opportunities for efficient catalysis under mild conditions with high selectivity and low over-potential. However, the practical applications of such devices depend on the stability and efficiency of the bio-abiotic interface, where suboptimal charge transfer, biocatalyst fragility, and scalability challenges persist. In this Perspective, we evaluate established strategies for wiring biocatalysts to electrode substrates within bio-hybrid PEC architectures, analyze their catalytic performance, and operational limitations, and underly mechanistic principles. Then, we highlight the integration of whole-cell biocatalysts with high-performance semiconductor scaffolds as a promising design paradigm, offering a scalable platform for sustainable, solar-driven chemical production.

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PMID41087385
PMCPMC12521356

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