Novel Sensitizers for Artificial Photosynthesis and Biomimetic Multielectron Transfer Photocatalysis, Chania, Greece

  • Günther Knör (Speaker)

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Description

Efficient light-harvesting and coupling of excited state reactivity to multielectron redox catalysis are important limiting constraints for the photochemical conversion and storage of solar energy. Nature uses tetrapyrrole-based sensitizers and metal sites based on abundant raw materials as key-intermediates in this process. As a part of our ongoing efforts to further develop the field of bioinorganic and bio-inspired photocatalysis for artificial photosynthesis and functional enzyme mimetics, we designed and explored several novel types of corrole, porphyrin and 1,2-diimine metal complexes with group 11, 14 and 15 central metals such as copper, gold, tin, lead or bismuth.
Period15 Sept 2011
Event title1st International Conference on Bioinspired Materials for Solar Energy Utilization
Event typeConference
LocationGreeceShow on map

Fields of science

  • 107 Other Natural Sciences
  • 204 Chemical Process Engineering
  • 105904 Environmental research
  • 103 Physics, Astronomy
  • 210006 Nanotechnology
  • 104021 Structural chemistry
  • 104016 Photochemistry
  • 106032 Photobiology
  • 301904 Cancer research
  • 301305 Medical chemistry
  • 106002 Biochemistry
  • 211908 Energy research
  • 104003 Inorganic chemistry

JKU Focus areas

  • Nano-, Bio- and Polymer-Systems: From Structure to Function
  • Engineering and Natural Sciences (in general)

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