Deriving solar power from jellyfish, algae, and bacteria
SEP 08, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024651
New Scientist : A team from Sweden is developing a photovoltaic device from the green fluorescent protein (GFP) found in jellyfish, and another team from the UK is developing biophotovoltaic devices based on algae and photosynthetic bacteria. Zackary Chiragwandi at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, believes his team’s jellyfish biophotovoltaic device could be used to power nanodevices embedded in living organisms, while Adrian Fisher and Paolo Bombelli at the University of Cambridge say their team’s algal cells could float out at sea, generating electricity from sunlight and seawater.
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