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Hydrogen Production by Photosynthetic Bacteria: The Relationship Between Light Wavelength and Hydrogen Production

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Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects

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Solar energy technology is desirable to prevent environmental problems (e. g., the greenhouse effect, acid rain) caused by fossil energy sources. Hydrogen is a well-known, high weight density energy carrier and its combustion does not pollute the environment. Among various photosynthetic microorganisms, photosynthetic bacteria have high hydrogen production rates [1]. Photoproduction of hydrogen by photosynthetic bacteria has been extensively studied from the viewpoint of the development of environmentally friendly technology [2]. For the realization of hydrogen production systems based on photosynthetic bacteria, light energy conversion efficiency to hydrogen is the most important factor. The highest conversion efficiency of light to hydrogen yet recorded in this class of organism was ca. 7% using light from a solar simulator [2,3].

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  1. Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) / Fuji Electric Corporate R&D, Ltd., 2-2-1 Nagasaka, Yokosuka, 240-0194, Japan

    Eiju Nakada & Satoshi Nishikata

  2. Nat. Inst. of Bioscience and Human-Technology, 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, 305-0046, Japan

    Yasuo Asada

  3. Nat. Inst. of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, 1-1-4 Higashi, Tsukuba, 305-8562, Japan

    Jun Miyake

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  1. Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary

    G. Garab

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Nakada, E., Nishikata, S., Asada, Y., Miyake, J. (1998). Hydrogen Production by Photosynthetic Bacteria: The Relationship Between Light Wavelength and Hydrogen Production. In: Garab, G. (eds) Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3953-3_960

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