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Supramolecular donor–acceptor hybrids of porphyrins/phthalocyanines with fullerenes/carbon nanotubes: electron transfer, sensing, switching, and catalytic applications
Francis D'Souza,Osamu Ito +1 more
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Extension of the self-assembly approaches to single wall carbon nanotubes results in SWNT-porphyrin/phthalocyanine nanohybrids capable of undergoing photoinduced electron transfer.About:
This article is published in Chemical Communications.The article was published on 2009-08-11. It has received 467 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photoinduced electron transfer & Electron acceptor.read more
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Functional π-Gelators and Their Applications
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Carbonaceous nanomaterials for the enhancement of TiO2 photocatalysis
Rowan K. Leary,Aidan Westwood +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the literature on nanocarbon-TiO2 photocatalysts is presented, highlighting recent progress in the development of carbon dioxide photocatalyst.
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Covalent and noncovalent phthalocyanine-carbon nanostructure systems: synthesis, photoinduced electron transfer, and application to molecular photovoltaics.
TL;DR: The aim of reproducing some of the fundamental steps occurring in natural photosynthesis, one of the most important being the photoinduced charge separation (CS), are reproduced.
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Lighting porphyrins and phthalocyanines for molecular photovoltaics
TL;DR: The field of organic photovoltaics (OPV) represents one of the most promising technological areas, and porphyrins and phthalocyanines are perfectly suited for their integration in light energy conversion systems.
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Photoinduced electron transfer in supramolecular systems for artificial photosynthesis
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Carbon nanotubes : synthesis, structure, properties, and applications
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship of carbon nanotubes to other carbon materials has been discussed, and the properties of single-wall and multi-wall carbon Nanotubes have been investigated.
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Large pi-aromatic molecules as potential sensitizers for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells.
TL;DR: Strongly electron-donating perylene carboxylic acid derivatives with amine substituents at their perylene core have allowed us to increase the power conversion efficiency of up to approximately 7% in perylene-sensitized solar cells.
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Phthalocyanines: old dyes, new materials. Putting color in nanotechnology
TL;DR: WhyPhthalocyanines are versatile building blocks for fabricating materials at the nanometer scale and are targets for different scientific purposes and technological applications is described.
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Fullerenes: three dimensional electron acceptor materials
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the advantages of employing fullerene as a viable electron accepting building block in novel donor/acceptor systems and present different strategies that aim to improve charge separation in ful lerene containing systems.