The use and misuse of photosynthesis in the quest for novel methods to harness solar energy to make fuel

Evolution of Photosynthesis

(2011) Martin F. Hohmann-Marriott et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Advances in ethanol production

(2011) Claudia C Geddes et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Light induced oxidative water splitting in photosynthesis: Energetics, kinetics and mechanism

(2011) Gernot Renger   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY

Conformationally Constrained Macrocyclic Diporphyrin−Fullerene Artificial Photosynthetic Reaction Center

(2011) Vikas Garg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Crystal structure of oxygen-evolving photosystem II at a resolution of 1.9 Å

(2011) Yasufumi Umena et al.   NATURE

The crystal structure of an oxygen-tolerant hydrogenase uncovers a novel iron-sulphur centre

(2011) Johannes Fritsch et al.   NATURE

Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting

(2011) Gregory D. Scholes et al.   Nature Chemistry

Carboxysomes: cyanobacterial RubisCO comes in small packages

(2011) George S. Espie et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Life cycle assessment of sugar industry: A review

(2011) Manish Kumar Chauhan et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Comparing Photosynthetic and Photovoltaic Efficiencies and Recognizing the Potential for Improvement

(2011) R. E. Blankenship et al.   SCIENCE

Energy Conversion in Photosynthesis: A Paradigm for Solar Fuel Production

(2011) Gary F. Moore et al.   Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Polyoxometalates: Building Blocks for Functional Nanoscale Systems

(2010) De-Liang Long et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biofuels - for better or worse?

(2010) D.A. Walker   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Recent advances in understanding the assembly and repair of photosystem II

(2010) Peter J. Nixon et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency for Greater Yield

(2010) Xin-Guang Zhu et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

The Crystal Structure of the [NiFe] Hydrogenase from the Photosynthetic Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum: Characterization of the Oxidized Enzyme (Ni-A State)

(2010) Hideaki Ogata et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

High-Resolution Crystal Structures of Trimeric and Rod Phycocyanin

(2010) Liron David et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure and Valency of a Cobalt−Phosphate Water Oxidation Catalyst Determined by in Situ X-ray Spectroscopy

(2010) Matthew W. Kanan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Fast Soluble Carbon-Free Molecular Water Oxidation Catalyst Based on Abundant Metals

(2010) Q. Yin et al.   SCIENCE

Artificial photosynthesis – solar fuels: current status and future prospects

(2010) Richard J Cogdell et al.   Biofuels-UK

Solar Fuels via Artificial Photosynthesis

(2009) Devens Gust et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Photorespiratory Metabolism: Genes, Mutants, Energetics, and Redox Signaling

(2009) Christine H. Foyer et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Biofuels, facts, fantasy, and feasibility

(2009) David Alan Walker   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Multiantenna Artificial Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex

(2009) Yuichi Terazono et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Development of bioinspired artificial photosynthetic systems

(2008) Shunichi Fukuzumi   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

In Situ Formation of an Oxygen-Evolving Catalyst in Neutral Water Containing Phosphate and Co2+

(2008) M. W. Kanan et al.   SCIENCE

The Crystal Structure of [Fe]-Hydrogenase Reveals the Geometry of the Active Site

(2008) S. Shima et al.   SCIENCE