However, scientists believe that gaining insight
into the electron transfer mechanisms could also play a role in directing the bacterium toward biofuel production.
«We have shown that carbon nanotubes promote the conversion of light energy
into electron transfer within the chloroplasts,» Giraldo explains.
Not exact matches
This
electron transfer turned the positive ions
into neutral molecular hydrogen, which bubbled up and away as a gas.
The ultraviolet light pushes the
electrons into the iron trap — then the red light has enough energy to
transfer them
into the stronger manganese traps.
The free
electrons in both BP and gold nanoparticles are then
transferred into the LTO semiconductor, where they act as an electric current for water splitting.
Instead, water is divided
into oxygen gas, positive hydrogen ions, and
electrons that are
transferred into another circuit.
This pulse is only some tenths of a trillionth of a second long and
transfers energy to the
electrons in the molecule, exciting them
into helical motion.
I already mentioned dye - sensitized solar cells, which is about trying to improve the efficiency of charged
transfer of an
electron going from a molecule
into a semiconductor.
In the case of the negative ion source, the small amount of cesium is injected
into the ion source and the cesium - adsorbed surface of the so - called «plasma electrode» become activated to
transfer the
electron to hydrogen atoms and hydrogenous positive ions that are colliding on the surface.
Nor did the situation improve when both types of microbes were put together
into this solution of their favorite foods, suggesting the organisms lacked the ability to directly
transfer electrons between them.
The quantum physics of slow
electrons permits this kind of scattering, which does not
transfer the
electron into a different state.
Low temperature plasmas are one of the best media for CO2 decomposition — the split - up of the molecule
into oxygen and carbon monoxide — both by direct
electron impact, and by
transferring electron energy
into vibrational excitation.»