reviewPhotosynthesis ResearchFeb 24, 2023HYBRID OA

Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures

DSDmitriy ShevelaJKJan KernGGGovindjee GovindjeeJMJohannes Messinger

Umeå University · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

Photosynthetic water oxidation by Photosystem II (PSII) is a fascinating process because it sustains life on Earth and serves as a blue print for scalable synthetic catalysts required for renewable energy applications. The biophysical, computational, and structural description of this process, which started more than 50 years ago, has made tremendous progress over the past two decades, with its high-resolution crystal structures being available not only of the dark-stable state of PSII, but of all the semi-stable reaction intermediates and even some transient states. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on PSII with emphasis on the basic principles that govern the conversion of light energy to chemical…

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  • Photosystem II
  • Photosynthesis
  • Artificial photosynthesis
  • Chemical energy
  • Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology
  • Mechanism (biology)
  • Energy transformation
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Affordable and clean energy
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