Table 1.
List of strains used.
Figure 1.
The construction of the Biophotovoltaic (BPV) device (a) Exploded view of a BPV device, (b) Stepwise set-up of the biophotovoltaic device, (c) BPV devices set up in triplicate, (d)Top view of a working BPV device with an algal biofilm formed on an ITO anode.
Table 2.
Statistical comparison of biochemical profile and PAM data of 16 algal strains, data as means ±S.D. (n = 3).
Figure 2.
Non-photochemical quenching of sixteen microalgae strains (n = 3).
Table 3.
Statistical comparison of surface are coverage (% of eight strains on ITO and glass slides on day 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15, data as means ±S.D. (n = 3).
Table 4.
Statistical comparison of biomass and PAM data of eight strains, on day 15; data as means ±S.D. (n = 3).
Figure 3.
Non-photochemical quenching of biofilms formed by eight strains grown on ITO and glass slides on day 15 (n = 3).
Figure 4.
Polarization curves observed for (a) Spirulina platensis (UMACC 159), (b) Synechococcus elongatus (UMACC 105), (c) Chlorella vulgaris (UMACC 051), and (d) Chlorella sp.(UMACC 313).