Biophotovoltaics

  • Vanderbilt University

    Spinach protein and blackberry dye give juice to biohybrid solar cells

    Berries really do pack extra punch – increasing the voltage of spinach-derived biohybrid solar cells developed by Vanderbilt researchers by up to a factor of 20. The interdisciplinary team discovered that combining a natural dye from blackberries with photosynthetic proteins extracted from spinach leaves creates a device that can produce… Read More

    Feb. 20, 2018