Design, Synthesis and Study of Dendrimers as Nanoscaffolds for Solar Energy Harvest Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Design, Synthesis and Study of Dendrimers as Nanoscaffolds for Solar Energy Harvest

Creator

  • Author: Thayumanavan, Sankaran
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Research.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)

Publisher

  • Name: Tulane University
    Place of Publication: United States

Date

  • Creation: 2008-01-25

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Designing molecules in which the vectorial motions of charges can be controlled has been of significant research interest in the recent past. Covalent linear arrays of chromophores or other molecular assemblies such as liquid crystals, zeolites, polymers, peptides, and amphiphiles have all been used as components for this purpose. Significant amount of this effort also involved the use of dendrimers as the molecular architecture. The structural feature in which multiple functionalities are present in the periphery that decreases gradually as one moves towards the core renders dendrimers obvious candidates for light harvesting antenna. Most of the efforts reported in the literature are directed towards energy funneling from a chromophore in the periphery to another chromophore at the core of the dendrimer. There are relatively few reports that utilize the dendritic architecture for photoinduced charge separation, an important step in designing materials for photovoltaics. These reports focus mostly on conjugated molecular backbones. Since non-conjugated dendrimer backbones provide the possibility of independently tuning the electronic characteristics of the chromophore and the charge transfer unit and therefore carry out a systematic structure-property relationship study, we have designed and synthesized dendrimers.

Subject

  • Keyword: Solar Energy
  • Keyword: Liquid Crystals
  • STI Subject Categories: 14 Solar Energy
  • Keyword: Tuning
  • Keyword: Light Harvest
  • Keyword: Polymers
  • Keyword: Enery Transfer
  • Keyword: Zeolites Solar
  • Keyword: Molecular Design
  • Keyword: Peptides
  • Keyword: Architecture
  • Keyword: Design
  • Keyword: Solar
  • Keyword: Electron Transfer
  • Keyword: Dendrimer
  • Keyword: Synthesis
  • Keyword: Harvesting

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: ER15215
  • Grant Number: FG02-01ER15215
  • DOI: 10.2172/946075
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 946075
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc898491
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