Porous translucent electrodes enhance current generation from photosynthetic biofilms

Some microorganisms are able to generate electrons that can be externally harvested. Here the authors show an increase by two orders of magnitude in the photocurrent when two cyanobacterial strains are grown on nanopourous transparent conducting substrates, compared to traditional solid substrates.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tobias Wenzel, Daniel Härtter, Paolo Bombelli, Christopher J. Howe, Ullrich Steiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03320-x