Bioinspired hollow semiconductor nanospheres as photosynthetic nanoparticles

• DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2152
• Publication Date: 2012-10-16T09:48:01Z
• Authors: Jianhua Sun; Jinshui Zhang; Mingwen Zhang; Markus Antonietti; Xianzhi Fu; Xinchen Wang
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Photosynthesis occurs at the thylakoid membrane, which acts as a scaffold, precisely arranging functional proteins and electron carriers. Sun et al. synthesize hollow photosynthetic nanospheres that function as light-harvesting antennae and structured scaffolds that improve photoredox catalysis.