Development of "Biosolar devices" for Sustainable Energy from Photosynthesis
Abstract
The purpose of this proposal is to use conjugated photosynthetic systems and genetically engineered cyanobacteria to develop biosolar materials for sustainable energy.　The advantage of conjugated photosynthetic systems and genetically engineered cyanobacteria is its efficient capture of photons throughout the near UV to near IR region and much higher durability than ordinary isolated dyes supported by its inherent photo-protective function under oxygen atomosphere. Thus, the results of the above grounds can be directly applied to the development of biosolar material using modified photosynthetic complex or genetically engineered cyanobacteria that have the unique ability to yield high H2 productivity or CO2 photoreduction (CV : Ref. (1)).　In this proposal, we focus the assembly of conjugated photosynthetic complexes, PSII and PSI from photosynthetic membrane or genetically engineered mutants of cyanobacteria into the porous glass (SBA or PG) connected on electrodes to develop biosolar materials for sustainable energy. During development of this proposal, several useful chemical materials for physiologically useful chemical materials and functional biomaterials from bio-resource will be produced as challenging tasks to several applications of biosolar devices.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 20, 2022
- Source ID
- FA23861914033
Entities
People
- Mamoru Nango
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Osaka City University
- United States Air Force