Energy transfer-enhanced photocatalytic reduction of protons within quantum dot light-harvesting–catalyst assemblies

Kodaimati, Mohamad S.; Lian, Shichen; Schatz, George C.; Weiss, Emily A.

doi:10.1073/pnas.1805625115

Title: Energy transfer-enhanced photocatalytic reduction of protons within quantum dot light-harvesting–catalyst assemblies

Journal Article · 13 August 2018 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805625115 · OSTI ID:1462458

Kodaimati, Mohamad S. ^[1]; Lian, Shichen ^[1];

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Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113,
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113,, Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611-3015

Significance A feature of natural photosynthetic systems is their ability to operate with the low photon flux of sunlight, where the absorption of light and transport of photochemical potential to the catalytic centers is efficiency-limiting. Natural systems overcome this limitation through a process called energy transfer, where quanta of energy are gathered by many weakly coupled light-absorbing centers that pass the energy among themselves to funnel it to a single catalytic reaction center. Prior to this report, this type of energy migration-based approach to light-powered chemistry has not been employed in artificial photocatalytic systems. This work demonstrates the viability of energy-transfer–based sensitization in colloidal photocatalytic assemblies and provides a framework for its incorporation into scalable solar energy conversion systems.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0000989

OSTI ID:: 1462458

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1540299

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 33 Vol. 115; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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