Issue 57, 2015

Natural-photosynthesis-inspired photovoltaic cells using carotenoid aggregates as electron donors and chlorophyll derivatives as electron acceptors

Abstract

Carotenoids (Cars) and chlorophylls (Chls) are major pigments playing key roles in light-harvesting and energy transfer processes in natural photosynthetic apparatus. We demonstrated, in this study, photovoltaic cells with entire active layers consisting of a linear Car, lycopene, as the electron donor and Chl derivatives, either methyl 32,32-dicyano-pyropheophorbide-a (Chl-1) or methyl 131-deoxo-131-(dicyanomethylene)pyropheophorbide-a (Chl-2), as the electron acceptor.

Graphical abstract: Natural-photosynthesis-inspired photovoltaic cells using carotenoid aggregates as electron donors and chlorophyll derivatives as electron acceptors

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Apr 2015
Accepted
14 May 2015
First published
15 May 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 45755-45759

Natural-photosynthesis-inspired photovoltaic cells using carotenoid aggregates as electron donors and chlorophyll derivatives as electron acceptors

T. Zhuang, S. Sasaki, T. Ikeuchi, J. Kido and X. Wang, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 45755 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA07099F

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