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Is it realistic to use microbial photosynthesis to produce electricity directly?

It is possible to generate small amounts of electrical power directly from photosynthetic microorganisms—arguably the greenest of green energy. But will it have useful applications, and what are the hurdles if so?

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Autores principales: Howe, Christopher J., Bombelli, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9980807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36862663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001970
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spelling pubmed-99808072023-03-03 Is it realistic to use microbial photosynthesis to produce electricity directly? Howe, Christopher J. Bombelli, Paolo PLoS Biol Perspective It is possible to generate small amounts of electrical power directly from photosynthetic microorganisms—arguably the greenest of green energy. But will it have useful applications, and what are the hurdles if so? Public Library of Science 2023-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9980807/ /pubmed/36862663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001970 Text en © 2023 Howe, Bombelli https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Is it realistic to use microbial photosynthesis to produce electricity directly?
title_sort is it realistic to use microbial photosynthesis to produce electricity directly?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9980807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36862663
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