Self-Assembled Light-Harvesting Peptide Nanotubes for Mimicking Natural Photosynthesis

摘要

Solar energy has recently attracted a great deal of interest as a sustainable and environmentally acceptable energy source. In nature, green plants store solar energy in chemical fuels through photosynthesis. Photoinduced electron transfer during the light reactions regenerates reducing power in the form of nicotinamide cofactors, NAD(P)H, which is then used for the synthesis of carbohydrates in the Calvin cycle (Figure 1 a).