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Solar Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting with Bioconjugate and Bio-Hybrid Electrodes

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Biohybrid electrodes of different types have been described in the current chapter. The biohybrid photoanodes and photocathodes are new class of materials for solar energy application by utilizing the mother nature’s photosynthetic units and its biomimetic counterparts. The physical characteristics and the performance of the biohybrid electrodes have been described in terms of charge transfer, hydrogen evolution, and stability in harsh electrochemical environment.

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Acknowledgment

A.B. acknowledges the generous financial support from the Swiss National Science Foundation no° 206021-121306, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy contract no° 152316-101883 and 153613-102809 (for D.K.B.), SCIEX with Hungary #—10.013 (Sciex-NMSch—The Swiss contribution to EU enlargement) and the VELUX Foundation project no° 790 (both for K.G.-S.), Swiss National Science Foundation no° NANOTERA 20NA21-145936 (for D.K.B) and Swiss South African Joint Research project no° SNF IZLSZ2.149031, and EU COST Action TD1102 “PHOTOTECH.”

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    Debajeet K. Bora, Artur Braun & Krisztina Gajda-Schrantz

  2. Environmental Chemistry Research Group, Institute of Chemistry, University of Szeged, 6723, Szeged, Hungary

    Krisztina Gajda-Schrantz

  3. Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, 6720, Szeged, Hungary

    Krisztina Gajda-Schrantz

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Bora, D.K., Braun, A., Gajda-Schrantz, K. (2015). Solar Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting with Bioconjugate and Bio-Hybrid Electrodes. In: Rozhkova, E., Ariga, K. (eds) From Molecules to Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13800-8_5

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