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Balancing UV-to-blue light conversion by membrane-embedded AIE antennas for enhanced photosynthesis†

Chengcheng Zhou, ORCID logo *a   Bing Liu,a   Yihui Shen,a   Zeyao Yu,a   Hang Yao, ORCID logo a   Lei Han ORCID logo c  and  Weijiang Guan ORCID logo b  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
E-mail: zhoucc@yzu.edu.cn

b State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

c College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, 700 Changcheng Road, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Abstract

Cationic tetraphenylethylene (TPE)-based amphiphiles were developed as membrane antennas to enhance photosynthesis. The positioning of the TPE group was adjusted to balance ultraviolet to blue light conversion, significantly boosting photosynthetic activity.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC03540F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Jun 2025
Accepted
11 Jul 2025
First published
11 Jul 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Balancing UV-to-blue light conversion by membrane-embedded AIE antennas for enhanced photosynthesis

C. Zhou, B. Liu, Y. Shen, Z. Yu, H. Yao, L. Han and W. Guan, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC03540F

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