2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Electron Transport Functions for Solar Energy Conversions in Nanometer-Scaled Organic Molecular Systems
Project/Area Number |
22550009
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Physical chemistry
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Research Institution | Shizuoka University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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Keywords | 太陽光 / エネルギー変換 / 光電荷分離状態 / 立体配置 / 電子的相互作用 / 人工光合成 / 時間分解電子スピン共鳴 / フラーレン |
Research Abstract |
For development of the molecular solar-energy conversion systems, it is crucial to investigate how both the molecular geometry and the electronic structure of electron donor-acceptor (D-A) molecules contribute to the electronic coupling for the charge-separation (CS) and for the charge-recombination (CR) processes. In this study, we have developed theoretical methods to analyze the electron spin polarization detected by the time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) spectroscopy for D-A systems to systematically characterize both the molecular geometry and the electronic coupling of the photoinduced charge-separated state inthe electron donor-acceptor (D-A) molecular systems for several D-A systems in photoactive proteins and in the active layers of the organic thin-film solar cells.
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