Abstract
Recent development of artificial photosynthetic systems using photofunctional nanomaterials composed of multiporphyrins and carbon-based π-electron acceptors such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and a new type of nanocarbon is reviewed by focusing on their photoinduced electron-transfer properties. Electron donor-acceptor ensembles composed of porphyrins and fullerenes are described, covering small electron donor-acceptor dyads to larger multi-component systems including porphyrin-based photofunctional nanometerials. Such photofunctional nanomaterials composed of multiporphyrins and carbon-based π-electron acceptors (in particular C60) have been utilized to construct efficient light energy conversion systems such as photovoltaic devices.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1427-1439 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 13 |
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| State | Published - 2008 |
