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Titania photoanode prepared by chloroplast biotemplate for photoelectrochemical biofuel cell

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Chloroplast was used as a biotemplate to synthesize titania (TiO2) replica which was investigated as a semiconductor to construct a photoelectrochemical biofuel cell (PEBFC). The cylindrical stack structure of granum in chloroplast was retained in TiO2 replica by ultrasonication (sonicated-TiO2), while the chloroplast structure was retained for the prepared TiO2 replica under the same condition without ultrasonication (unsonicated-TiO2). The sonicated-TiO2 exhibited a much greater specific surface area (up to 47.8 m2/g) than the unsonicated-TiO2 (26.5 m2/g), which resulted in the sonicated-TiO2 having a better performance than the unsonicated-TiO2.

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The author would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program 2011CB935702).

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  1. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, 130117, Changchun, China

    Chengcheng Tang, Donghua Hu & Jing Yang

  2. Flight Research Institute, Aviation University of Air Force, 130022, Changchun, China

    Bin Wang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Power Sources, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130022, Changchun, China

    Wei Xing

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Tang, C., Wang, B., Xing, W. et al. Titania photoanode prepared by chloroplast biotemplate for photoelectrochemical biofuel cell. J IRAN CHEM SOC 13, 261–266 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13738-015-0733-6

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