Immobilization and Photocurrent Activity of a Light-Harvesting Antenna Complex II, LHCII, Isolated from a Plant on Electrodes
- 23 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Macro Letters
- Vol. 1 (2), 296-299
- https://doi.org/10.1021/mz200163e
Abstract
A light-harvesting (LH) antenna complex II, LHCII, isolated from spinach was immobilized onto an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode with dot patterning of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APS) by utilizing electrostatic interactions between the cationic surface of the electrode and the anionic surface of stromal side of the LHCII polypeptide. Interestingly, the illumination of LHCII assembled onto the ITO electrode produced a photocurrent response that depends on the wavelength of the excitation light. Further, LHCII was immobilized onto a TiO2 nanostructured film to extend for the development of a dye-sensitized biosolar cell system. The photocurrent measured in the iodide/tri-iodide redox system of an ionic liquid based electrolyte on the TiO2 system showed remarkable enhancement of the conversion efficiency, as compared to that on the ITO electrode.Keywords
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