Properties of a bio-photovoltaic nano-device
Journal article, 2008

Properties of an on-chip photovoltaic nanodevice are demonstrated. The dyes comprise green florescent proteins (GFP). Dependence of recently reported zero external potential bias (ZEPB) photocurrent (I) on temperature, power, and wavelength (λ) is shown. Correlation between UV-vis spectrum of the GFP and the ZEPB I(λ) of the device is reported. The temperature dependence suggests the ZEPB photocurrent to reflect a liquid crystal type ordering where the current declines monotonically with increasing temperature. The influence of an external bias on the photocurrent is demonstrated. The resulting light-induced current is analyzed in terms of resistive and quantum mechanical contributions.

Nanowire electronic

GFP

Solar cell

Author

Zackary Chiragwandi

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Electronics Material and Systems

Itai Panas

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Environmental Inorganic Chemistry

Lars-Gunnar Johansson

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Environmental Inorganic Chemistry

Bengt Nordén

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

Magnus Willander

Linköping University

Dag Winkler

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Hans Ågren

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

1932-7447 (ISSN) 1932-7455 (eISSN)

Vol. 112 48 18717-18721

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified

Biophysics

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Condensed Matter Physics

DOI

10.1021/jp807925k

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