Journal article
Micropatterned Carbon-on-Quartz Electrode Chips for Photocurrent Generation from Thylakoid Membranes
Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark1
Nanoprobes, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark2
Bioanalytics, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark3
Lund University4
University of Galway5
Polymer Microsystems for Cell Processing, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark6
Biomaterial Microsystems, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark7
Harvesting the energy generated by photosynthetic organisms through light-dependent reactions is a significant step towards a sustainable future energy supply. Thylakoid membranes are the site of photosynthesis, and thus particularly suited for developing photo-bioelectrochemical cells. Novel electrode materials and geometries could potentially improve the efficiency of energy harvesting using thylakoid membranes.
For commercial applications, electrodes with large surface areas are needed. Photolithographic patterning of a photoresist, followed by pyrolysis, is a flexible and fast approach for the fabrication of carbon electrodes with tailored properties. In this work, electrode chips consisting of patterned carbon supported on quartz were designed and fabricated.
The patterned electrode area is 1 cm2, and the measurement chamber footprint is 0.5 cm2 , one order of magnitude larger than previously-tested electrodes for thylakoid membrane immobilization. The use of a transparent substrate allows back-side illumination, protecting the bioelectrochemical system from the environment and vice versa.
Two different mediators, monomeric ([Ru(NH3)6]3+) and polymeric ([Os(2,2-bipyridine)2-poly(N-vinylimidazole)10Cl]+/2+) are used for evaluating photocurrent generation from thylakoid membranes with different electrode geometries. Current densities up to 71 µA cm-2 are measured upon illumination through the transparent electrode chip with solar simulated irradiance (1000 W m-2).
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Year: | 2018 |
Pages: | 3313-3322 |
ISSN: | 25740962 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1021/acsaem.8b00500 |
ORCIDs: | Bunea, Ada-Ioana , 0000-0001-9142-3364 , 0000-0003-4339-4460 , 0000-0001-8178-8175 , 0000-0002-7278-0478 , Heiskanen, Arto R. , Larsen, Niels Bent , Keller, Stephan Sylvest and Emnéus, Jenny |