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Uniquely engineered photosynthetic organism for enhanced solar energy conversion

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Organisms: CyanobacteriaThistechnology includes the engineering of cyanobacteria enabling them to performconversion of solar energy into a usable form of energy. It is well known that existing reserves of fossil fuels willeventually no longer be able to meet the growing demand for energy. Currently,silicon/thin film photovoltaics (PV) are the dominant solar technology used asa renewable source of energy and offering an alternative to fossil fuels.However, structural and physical properties of silicon-PV limit the room forany major breakthroughs in this space, so there is a need for alternate methodof capturing solar energy. Until now, the majorityof artificial photosynthesis research has focused on water splitting reaction (toproduce H2) using metal or semiconductor catalysts and using synthetic,biomimetic materials. So far none have been successful in matching therobustness of natural photosynthetic materials.

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