Author, as appears in the article.: Velasco-Garcia, L; Casadevall, C
Department: Química Física i Inorgànica
URV's Author/s: Casadevall Serrano, Carla
Keywords: Photoinduced electron-transport water oxidation regenerative medicine polyion complex vesicles photodissociative ruthenium complex light-driven drug-delivery covalent organic frameworks cell/stem cell therapy annihilation up-conversion
Abstract: Artificial photosynthesis aims to produce fuels and chemicals from simple building blocks (i.e. water and carbon dioxide) using sunlight as energy source. Achieving effective photocatalytic systems necessitates a comprehensive understanding of the underlying mechanisms and factors that control the reactivity. This review underscores the growing interest in utilizing bioinspired artificial vesicles to develop compartmentalized photocatalytic systems. Herein, we summarize different scaffolds employed to develop artificial vesicles, and discuss recent examples where such systems are used to study pivotal processes of artificial photosynthesis, including light harvesting, charge transfer, and fuel production. These systems offer valuable lessons regarding the appropriate choice of membrane scaffolds, reaction partners and spatial arrangement to enhance photocatalytic activity, selectivity and efficiency. These studies highlight the pivotal role of the membrane to increase the stability of the immobilized reaction partners, generate a suitable local environment, and force proximity between electron donor and acceptor molecules (or catalysts and photosensitizers) to increase electron transfer rates. Overall, these findings pave the way for further development of bioinspired photocatalytic systems for compartmentalized artificial photosynthesis.
Thematic Areas: Materials chemistry General chemistry Environmental chemistry Ciencias sociales Chemistry, multidisciplinary Chemistry (miscellaneous) Chemistry (all) Biochemistry
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: carla.casadevall@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-3090-4938
Record's date: 2024-01-27
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-023-01069-z
Papper original source: Communications Chemistry. 6 (1): 263-
APA: Velasco-Garcia, L; Casadevall, C (2023). Bioinspired photocatalytic systems towards compartmentalized artificial photosynthesis. Communications Chemistry, 6(1), 263-. DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-01069-z
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-01069-z
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications