Energy harvesting materials / edited by David L. Andrews.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andrews, David L., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy harvesting.

Solar collectors--Materials.

Solar collectors.

Solar energy.

Photochemistry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The science of energy harvesting materials is experiencing phenomenal growth and attracting huge interest. Exploiting recently acquired insights into the fundamental mechanisms and principles of photosynthesis, it is now possible to forge entirely new and distinctive molecular materials and devise artificial photosystems and applications far remote from conventional solar cell technology. In this comprehensive treatment of energy harvesting, a team of internationally acclaimed scientists at the forefront of the subject paint a state-of-the-art picture of modern energy harvesting materials science

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Physical Principles of Efficient Excitation Transfer in Light Harvesting; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PRINCIPLES OF EXCITATION TRANSFER; 3. EXCITATION LIFETIME AND QUANTUM YIELD; 4. REPRESENTATIVE PATHWAYS OF EXCITATION TRANSFER BASED ON MEAN FIRST PASSAGE TIMES; 5. SOJOURN EXPANSION: AN EXPANSION FOR EXCITATION MIGRATION IN TERMS OF REPEATED DETRAPPING EVENTS; 6. ROBUSTNESS AND OPTIMALITY OF A LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; 7. PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGNING ARTIFICIAL LIGHT-HARVESTING SYSTEMS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Design and Synthesis of Light Energy Harvesting Proteins

1. ENGINEERING INSIGHTS FROM NATURAL PHOTOSYSTEM DESIGN 2. DESIGNING LHC PROTEIN MAQUETTES; 3. CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; How Purple Bacteria Harvest Light Energy; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GENERAL ASPECTS OF ANTENNA COMPLEX STRUCTURE; 3. THE STRUCTURE OF LH2; 4. THE STRUCTURE OF THE RC-LH1 CORE COMPLEX; 5. ENERGY TRANSFER WITHIN THE PSU; 6. CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Regulation of Light Harvesting in Photosystem II of Plants Green Algae and Cyanobacteria; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. COMPOSITION STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEXES; 3. EXCITATION PRESSURE AND PHOTOSTASIS

4. ROLE OF LIGHT HARVESTING IN PHOTOPROTECTION AND PHOTOSTASIS5. NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; 6. SENSING CELLULAR ENERGY IMBALANCE AND REGULATION OF LIGHT HARVESTING; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; From Biological to Synthetic Light-Harvesting Materials - The Elementary Steps; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PHOTOSYNTHEHC LIGHT-HARVESTING - ENERGY TRANSFER AND TRAPPING; 3. ORGANIC CONDUCTING POLYMERS: LIGHT HARVESTING AND GENERATION; 4. DYE-SENSITIZED NANOSTRUCTURED SEMI- CONDUCTORS - ENERGY CONVERSION BY ULTRAFAST ELECTRON TRANSFER; 5. TRANSITION METAL SUPRAMOLECULAR COMPLEXES - ENERGY TRANSFER IN ARTIFICIAL ANTENNAS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Controlling Excitation Energy and Electron Transfer by Tuning the Electronic Coupling; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND; 3. DONOR-BRIDGE-ACCEPTOR SYSTEMS WITH TT-BRIDGES; 4. o-BRIDGES AND SUPEREXCHANGE - THE THROUGH-BOND COUPLING MECHANISM.; 5. CONCLUSIONS; Energy Transfer and Trapping in Engineered Macromolecules; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS; 3. ENGINEERED POLYMER SYSTEMS; 4. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Dendrimer-Based Devices: Antennae and Amplifiers; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DENDRIMERS AS LIGHT HARVESTING ANTENNAE; 3. DENDRIMERIC AMPLIFIERS

Energy Harvesting in Synthetic Dendritic Materials 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. METAL-CONTAINING DENDRIMERS; 3. PHENYLACETYLENE DENDRIMERS; 4. DENDRIMERS CONTAINING DISTYRYLBENZENE OR STILBENE UNITS; 5. PORPHYRIN-CONTAINING DENDRIMERS; 6. COUMARIN DYE LABELED POLY(ARYLETHER) DENDRIMERS; 7. TWO-PHOTON LIGHT HARVESTING AND ENERGY TRANSFER; 8. POLYPHENYLENE DENDRIMERS; 9. ENERGY TRANSFER TO ENCAPSULATED GUESTS; 10. CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Fullerenes in Biomimetic Donor-Acceptor Networks; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. HYDROGEN BONDING MOTIFS; 3. II-STACK MOTIFS; 4. CROWN ETHER COMPLEXATION MOTIFS

5. METAL MEDIATED MOTIFS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611881153

9781281881151

1281881155

9789812700957

9812700951

9781601192684

1601192681

OCLC:

854973188