Pure Appl. Chem., 2003, Vol. 75, No. 8, pp. 1069-1075
doi:10.1351/pac200375081069
Molecular porphyrinfullerene architectures*
D. M. Guldi
Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Abstract:
This article describes the utilization of porphyrin and fullerene architectures—yielding artificial light-harvesting antenna and reaction center mimics—to tune the electronic coupling element between electron donor and electron acceptor and ultimately to affect the total reorganization energy. Most importantly, the effects that these parameters have on the rate, yield, and lifetime of the energetic charge-separated states are discussed.
All articles from the XIXth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Budapest, Hungary, 14–19 July 2002.