Abstract:
The extensive burning of fossil fuels for energy has led to their inevitable peak and fossil fuels
are projected to be depleted in the next 50-100 years. The use of fossil fuels negatively affects
the environment with the emission of greenhouse gases and other pollutants such as soot and
tar. Renewable energy sources such as solar energy are great alternatives for fossil fuels and
are currently being explored. Generation of efficient light harvesting systems with high
quantum efficiency can harvest solar energy and transport the energy via carriers such as
NADH or H2, as the energy can then be stored and used as needed. The research in this thesis
aims to explore the photochemical generation of redox cofactor, NADH and photoenzymatic
synthesis of L-glutamate using light harvesting peptide-porphyrin system.....
