Advanced Materials, Vol.26, No.41, 7064-7064, 2014
Two-Dimensional Protein Crystals for Solar Energy Conversion
Two-dimensional photosynthetic protein crystals provide a high density of aligned reaction centers. We reconstitute the robust light harvesting protein Photosystem I into a 2D crystal with lipids and integrate the crystals into a photo-electrochemical device. A 4-fold photocurrent enhancement is measured by incorporating conjugated oligoelectrolytes to form a supporting conductive bilayer in the device which produces a high photocurrent of similar to 600 mu A per mg PSI deposited.