Issue 61, 2015

Photocurrent generation in a light-harvesting system with multifunctional artificial nanochannels

Abstract

We develop an artificial light-harvesting system for photocurrent generation. Platinized TiO2 nanochannels are used as ultraviolet-light-harvesting antennae, which generate a transmembrane electrochemical gradient by asymmetric work function driven photochemical reactions. As a result, a potential difference is formed across the nanochannels, producing a photocurrent flowing through the external circuit.

Graphical abstract: Photocurrent generation in a light-harvesting system with multifunctional artificial nanochannels

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 May 2015
Accepted
23 Jun 2015
First published
23 Jun 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 12286-12289

Photocurrent generation in a light-harvesting system with multifunctional artificial nanochannels

Q. Zhang, Z. Liu and J. Zhai, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 12286 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC04271B

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