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Title: | Photocurrent Generation in Diamond Electrodes Modified with Reaction Centers | Authors: | Caterino, Roberta Csiki, Reka Lyuleeva, Alina Pfisterer, Jonas Wiesinger, Markus JANSSENS, Stoffel HAENEN, Ken Cattani-Scholz, Anna Stutzmann, Martin Garrido, Jose A. |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Publisher: | AMER CHEMICAL SOC | Source: | ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 7 (15), p. 8099-8107 | Abstract: | Photoactive reaction centers (RCs) are protein complexes in bacteria able to convert sunlight into other forms of energy with a high quantum yield. The photostimulation of immobilized RCs on inorganic electrodes result in the generation of photocurrent that is of interest for biosolar cell applications. This paper reports on the use of novel electrodes based on functional conductive nanocrystalline diamond onto which bacterial RCs are immobilized. A three-dimensional conductive polymer scaffold grafted to the diamond electrodes enables efficient entrapment of photoreactive proteins. The electron transfer in these functional diamond electrodes is optimized through the use of a ferrocene-based electron mediator, which provides significant advantages such as a rapid electron transfer as well as high generated photocurrent. A detailed discussion of the generated photocurrent as a function of time, bias voltage, and mediators in solution unveils the mechanisms limiting the electron transfer in these functional electrodes. This work featuring diamond-based electrodes in biophotovoltaics offers general guidelines that can serve to improve the performance of similar devices based on different materials and geometries. | Notes: | [Caterino, Roberta; Csiki, Reka; Lyuleeva, Alina; Pfisterer, Jonas; Wiesinger, Markus; Cattani-Scholz, Anna; Stutzmann, Martin; Garrido, Jose A.] Tech Univ Munich, Walter Schottky Inst, D-85748 Garching, Germany. [Caterino, Roberta; Csiki, Reka; Lyuleeva, Alina; Pfisterer, Jonas; Wiesinger, Markus; Cattani-Scholz, Anna; Stutzmann, Martin; Garrido, Jose A.] Tech Univ Munich, Dept Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany. [Janssens, Stoffel D.; Haenen, Ken] Hasselt Univ, Inst Mat Res IMO, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. [Janssens, Stoffel D.; Haenen, Ken] IMEC VZW, IMOMEC, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. | Keywords: | diamonds; biophotovoltaics; reaction centers; surface functionalization; polymer brush; electron-transfer;diamonds; biophotovoltaics; reaction centers; surface functionalization; polymer brush; electron-transfer | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/18955 | ISSN: | 1944-8244 | e-ISSN: | 1944-8252 | DOI: | 10.1021/acsami.5b00711 | ISI #: | 000353607100034 | Rights: | © 2015 American Chemical Society | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2016 |
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