Zhang Tian, Tremblay Pier-Luc
School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070 People's Republic of China.
Biotechnol Biofuels. 2017 Oct 30;10:249. doi: 10.1186/s13068-017-0943-5. eCollection 2017.
The biological reduction of CO driven by sunlight via photosynthesis is a crucial process for life on earth. However, the conversion efficiency of solar energy to biomass by natural photosynthesis is low. This translates in bioproduction processes relying on natural photosynthesis that are inefficient energetically. Recently, hybrid photosynthetic technologies with the potential of significantly increasing the efficiency of solar energy conversion to products have been developed. In these systems, the reduction of CO into biofuels or other chemicals of interest by biocatalysts is driven by solar energy captured with inorganic devices such as photovoltaic cells or photoelectrodes. Here, we explore hybrid photosynthesis and examine the strategies being deployed to improve this biotechnology.
通过光合作用由阳光驱动的一氧化碳生物还原是地球上生命的关键过程。然而，自然光合作用将太阳能转化为生物质的效率很低。这意味着依赖自然光合作用的生物生产过程在能量方面效率低下。最近，已经开发出具有显著提高太阳能转化为产品效率潜力的混合光合技术。在这些系统中，生物催化剂将一氧化碳还原为生物燃料或其他感兴趣的化学品是由诸如光伏电池或光电极等无机装置捕获的太阳能驱动的。在这里，我们探索混合光合作用并研究为改进这种生物技术而采用的策略。
