Issue 12, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Porous upconversion materials-assisted near infrared energy harvesting by chlorophylls†

Chuanhao Li,a   Xianfeng Yang,a   Jimmy C. Yu,*a   Tian Mingb  and  Jianfang Wangb  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Centre for Solar Energy Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: jimyu@cuhk.edu.hk
Fax: +852 26035057
Tel: +852 26096268

b Department of Physics, Centre for Solar Energy Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

Abstract

A facile approach has been developed to prepare a porous upconversion material, which converts near infrared to red light. As the red emission matches well with the absorption maximum of chlorophylls, NIR energy can be transferred to the biomolecules.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC05267A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Nov 2010
Accepted
26 Jan 2011
First published
10 Feb 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 3511-3513

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Porous upconversion materials-assisted near infrared energy harvesting by chlorophylls

C. Li, X. Yang, J. C. Yu, T. Ming and J. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3511 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05267A

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