Bioelectrochemistry 2018-04-03

Construction of photo-driven bioanodes using thylakoid membranes and multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Ryosuke Takeuchi, Arato Suzuki, Kento Sakai, Yuki Kitazumi, Osamu Shirai, Kenji Kano

Index: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2018.04.001

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Abstract

A photo-driven bioanode was constructed using the thylakoid membrane from spinach, carbon nanotubes, and an artificial mediator. By considering a linear free-energy relationship in the electron transfer from the thylakoid membrane to the mediators, and the oxygen resistance of the reduced mediators, 1,2-naphthoquinone was selected as the most suitable mediator for the photo-driven bioanode. Water-dispersed multi-walled carbon nanotubes served as scaffolds to hold the thylakoid membrane on a porous electrode. The constructed photo-driven bioanode exhibited a photocurrent density of over 100 μA cm−2 at a photon flux density of 1500 μmol m−2 s−1.

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