Artificial light-harvesting arrays for solar energy conversion

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (59) ◽  
pp. 11745-11756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Harriman
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Electronic Energy ◽  
Artificial Light ◽  
Electronic Energy Transfer

Following natures' blueprint, the concept of artificial light-harvesting antennae is discussed in terms of sophisticated molecular arrays displaying a tailored cascade of electronic energy transfer steps.

Plasmon-induced resonance energy transfer for solar energy conversion

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 601-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangtian Li ◽  
Scott K. Cushing ◽  
Fanke Meng ◽  
Tess R. Senty ◽  
Alan D. Bristow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion

Coherent Electronic Energy Transfer and Organic Photovoltaics

2014 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 225-234
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Collini
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Electronic Spectroscopy ◽  
Electronic Energy ◽  
Spectroscopic Techniques ◽  
Experimental Proof ◽  
Electronic Energy Transfer ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Harvesting Process ◽  
Tremendous Impact

One of the most surprising and significant advances in the study of the photosynthetic light-harvesting process is the discovery that the electronic energy transfer (ET) might involve long-lived electronic coherences, also at physiologically relevant conditions. This means that the transfer of energy among different chromophores does not follow the expected classical incoherent hopping mechanism, but that quantum-mechanical laws can steer the migration of energy. The implications of such quantum transport regime, although currently under debate, might have a tremendous impact in our way to think about natural and artificial light-harvesting and suggest new directions for the development of artificial devices for the efficient capture and re-use of solar energy. Central to these discoveries has been the development of new ultrafast spectroscopic techniques, in particular two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy, which is now the primary tool to obtain clear and definitive experimental proof of such effects.

Novel porphyrin-preparation, characterization, and applications in solar energy conversion

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 6885-6892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Lu ◽  
Hao Li ◽  
Shuangshuang Liu ◽  
Yu-Cheng Chang ◽  
Hui-Ping Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion

Accelerated inner charge transfer in porphyrins promotes a broad light-harvesting ability up to 840 nm and a conversion efficiency of 9.2%.

Modulating the dynamics of Förster resonance energy transfer and singlet fission by variable molecular spacers

Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (45) ◽  
pp. 23061-23068
Author(s):  
Johannes Zirzlmeier ◽  
Giulia Lavarda ◽  
Henrik Gotfredsen ◽  
Ilias Papadopoulos ◽  
Lan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Forster Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Förster Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Singlet Fission ◽  
Förster Resonance

The synergy between panchromatic absorption and molecular singlet fission (SF) is exploited to optimize solar energy conversion.

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