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| Title |
Solar spectral conversion for improving the photosynthetic activity in algae reactors
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| Published in |
Nature Communications, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1038/ncomms3047 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lothar Wondraczek, Miroslaw Batentschuk, Markus A. Schmidt, Rudolf Borchardt, Simon Scheiner, Benjamin Seemann, Peter Schweizer, Christoph J. Brabec |
| Abstract |
Sustainable biomass production is expected to be one of the major supporting pillars for future energy supply, as well as for renewable material provision. Algal beds represent an exciting resource for biomass/biofuel, fine chemicals and CO2 storage. Similar to other solar energy harvesting techniques, the efficiency of algal photosynthesis depends on the spectral overlap between solar irradiation and chloroplast absorption. Here we demonstrate that spectral conversion can be employed to significantly improve biomass growth and oxygen production rate in closed-cycle algae reactors. For this purpose, we adapt a photoluminescent phosphor of the type Ca0.59Sr0.40Eu0.01S, which enables efficient conversion of the green part of the incoming spectrum into red light to better match the Qy peak of chlorophyll b. Integration of a Ca0.59Sr0.40Eu0.01S backlight converter into a flat panel algae reactor filled with Haematococcus pluvialis as a model species results in significantly increased photosynthetic activity and algae reproduction rate. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 215 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 206 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 62 | 29% |
| Researcher | 43 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 12% |
| Unknown | 38 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 32 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 31 | 14% |
| Chemistry | 20 | 9% |
| Materials Science | 18 | 8% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 18 | 8% |
| Other | 44 | 20% |
| Unknown | 52 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 July 2020.
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