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Energy conversion at liquid/liquid interfaces: artificial photosynthetic systems
A G Volkov1, M I Gugeshashvili, D W Deamer
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz 95064, USA.
Electrochimica Acta
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
This chapter focuses on multielectron reactions in organized assemblies of molecules at the liquid/liquid interface. We describe the thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of such reactions, including the structure of the reaction centers, charge movement along the electron transfer pathways, and the role of electric double layers in artificial photosynthesis. Some examples of artificial photosynthesis at the oil/water interface are considered, including water photooxidation to the molecular oxygen, oxygen photoreduction, photosynthesis of amphiphilic compounds and proton evolution by photochemical processes.