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Morphological And Photoelectrochemical Characterization Of Membrane Reconstituted Photosystem I (Psi), Seyedeh Hanieh Niroomand
Morphological And Photoelectrochemical Characterization Of Membrane Reconstituted Photosystem I (Psi), Seyedeh Hanieh Niroomand
Doctoral Dissertations
The robust structural and photoactive electrochemical properties of Photosystem I (PSI), a transmembrane photosynthetic protein complex, make it an ideal candidate for incorporation into solid state bioelectronic or hybrid photovoltaic devices. However, the first step towards the successful fabrication of such devices requires systematic assembly of oriented and functional PSI onto desired bio-abio interfaces via suitable protein scaffoldings. Hence, this dissertation focuses on utilizing the cyanobacterial PSI for integration into organic/inorganic interfaces that mediate photo-electrochemical energy conversions for electricity and/or solar fuel production. To this end, in this study the effect of systematic incorporation of PSI complexes into synthetic membrane-bound …