Hybrid Artificial Photosynthesis System with Bacterium (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Hybrid Artificial Photosynthesis System with Bacterium

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The bacterium Moorella thermoacetica is being used to perform photosynthesis and also to synthesize semiconductor nanoparticles in a hybrid artificial photosynthesis system for converting sunlight into valuable chemical products.

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Peidong Yang, Berkeley Lab/UC Berkeley

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