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SUBMITTER: Pinhassi RI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4996976 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20160823
Photoelectrochemical water splitting uses solar power to decompose water to hydrogen and oxygen. Here we show how the photocatalytic activity of thylakoid membranes leads to overall water splitting in a bio-photo-electro-chemical (BPEC) cell via a simple process. Thylakoids extracted from spinach are introduced into a BPEC cell containing buffer solution with ferricyanide. Upon solar-simulated illumination, water oxidation takes place and electrons are shuttled by the ferri/ferrocyanide redox co ...[more]