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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Nikolai Lebedev, Springfield, VA (US);
Scott a Trammell, Springfield, VA (US);
Stanislav Tsoi, Alexandria, VA (US);
Mark E Twigg, Falls Church, VA (US);
Joel M Schnur, Burke, VA (US);
Nikolai Lebedev, Springfield, VA (US);
Scott A Trammell, Springfield, VA (US);
Stanislav Tsoi, Alexandria, VA (US);
Mark E Twigg, Falls Church, VA (US);
Joel M Schnur, Burke, VA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A high power density photo-electronic and photo-voltaic material comprising a bio-inorganic nanophotoelectronic material with a photosynthetic reaction center protein encapsulated inside a multi-wall carbon nanotube or nanotube array. The array can be on an electrode. The photosynthetic reaction center protein can be immobilized on the electrode surface and the protein molecules can have the same orientation. A method of making a high power density photo-electronic and photo-voltaic material comprising the steps of immobilizing a bio-inorganic nanophotoelectronic material with a photosynthetic reaction center protein inside a carbon nanotube, wherein the immobilizing is by passive diffusion, wherein the immobilizing can include using an organic linker.