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January 26, 2016

Converting solar energy into electrical power using photo-bioelectrochemical cells
Jerusalem (SPX) Jan 26, 2016
A new paradigm for the development of photo-bioelectrochemical cells has been reported in the journal Nature Energy by researchers from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Israel, and the University of Bochum, in Germany. The design of photo-bioelectrochemical cells based on native photosynthetic reaction is attracting substantial recent interest as a means for the conversion of solar light energy into electrical power. In the natural photosynthetic apparatus, photosynthetic reaction is coupled ... read more

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