Plasmonic Protein Electricity Generator

Nanoscale Horizons ◽

10.1039/d1nh00569c ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Nikita Paul ◽

Lakshmi Suresh ◽

Yixin Chen ◽

Yaoxin Zhang ◽

Fuad Indra Alzakia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Energy Conversion ◽

Solar Energy Conversion ◽

Green Energy

Interest in acquiring green energy from sunlight is driving research into the incorporation of biological photosynthetic materials into biohybrid devices. A potential way to enhance solar energy conversion by photosynthetic...

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Organic Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

10.20944/preprints202108.0133.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Luca Lazzarin ◽

Mariacecilia Pasini ◽

Enzo Menna

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Energy ◽

Energy Conversion ◽

Hybrid Material ◽

Carbon Nanostructures ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Solar Energy Conversion ◽

Numerical Data ◽

Green Energy

This review proposes an overview on the use of organic functionalized carbon nanostructures (CNSs) into solar energy conversion schemes. Our attention has focused in particular on the contribution given by organic chemistry to the development of new hybrid materials that find application in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC), organic photovoltaics (OPV), perovskite solar cells (PSC) and also in photocatalytic fuel production, focusing in particular on the most recent literature. The request for new materials able to accompany the green energy transition that are abundant, low cost, with low toxicity, from renewable sources has further increased the interest in CNSs that meet all these requirements. The inclusion of an organic molecule, thanks to both covalent and non-covalent interactions, into a CNS, leads to the development of a completely new hybrid material able of combining and improving the properties of both starting materials. Besides the numerical data, which unequivocally state the positive effect of the new hybrid material, we hope that these examples can be inspiring for further research in the field of photoactive materials from an organic point of view.

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Organic Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules26175286 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (17) ◽

pp. 5286

Author(s):

Luca Lazzarin ◽

Mariacecilia Pasini ◽

Enzo Menna

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Energy ◽

Energy Conversion ◽

Hybrid Material ◽

Carbon Nanostructures ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Solar Energy Conversion ◽

Numerical Data ◽

Green Energy

This review presents an overview of the use of organic functionalized carbon nanostructures (CNSs) in solar energy conversion schemes. Our attention was focused in particular on the contribution of organic chemistry to the development of new hybrid materials that find application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), organic photovoltaics (OPVs), and perovskite solar cells (PSCs), as well as in photocatalytic fuel production, focusing in particular on the most recent literature. The request for new materials able to accompany the green energy transition that are abundant, low-cost, low-toxicity, and made from renewable sources has further increased the interest in CNSs that meet all these requirements. The inclusion of an organic molecule, thanks to both covalent and non-covalent interactions, in a CNS leads to the development of a completely new hybrid material able of combining and improving the properties of both starting materials. In addition to the numerical data, which unequivocally state the positive effect of the new hybrid material, we hope that these examples can inspire further research in the field of photoactive materials from an organic point of view.

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