Abstract
We have developed artificial photosynthetic systems in which porphyrins and fullerenes are self-assembled as building blocks into nanostructured molecular light-harvesting materials and photovoltaic devices. Multistep electron transfer strategy has been combined with our finding that porphyrin and fullerene systems have small reorganization energies, which are suitable for the construction of light energy conversion systems as well as artificial photosynthetic models. Highly efficient photosynthetic electron transfer reactions have been realized at ITO electrodes modified with self-assembled monolayers of porphyrin oligomers as well as porphyrin-fullerene linked systems. Porphyrin-modified gold nanoclusters have been found to have potential as artificial photosynthetic materials. These results provide basic information for the development of nanostructured artificial photosynthetic systems.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 580-588 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Thin Solid Films |
Volume | 451-452 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 22 Mar 2004 |
Event | Proceedings of Symposium D on Thin Film and Nano-Structured - Strasbourg, France Duration: 10 Jun 2003 → 13 Jun 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by Grant-in-Aids for 21st Century COE on Kyoto University Alliance for Chemistry and Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan.
Keywords
- Electron transfer
- Energy transfer
- Fullerene
- Porphyrin
- Self-assembled monolayers