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Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting

Scholes, Gregory D., Fleming, Graham R., Olaya-Castro, Alexandra, van Grondelle, Rienk·2011·Nature Chemistry

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Solar fuel production often starts with the energy from light being absorbed by an assembly of molecules; this electronic excitation is subsequently transferred to a suitable acceptor. For example, in photosynthesis, antenna complexes capture sunlight and direct the energy to reaction centres that then carry out the associated chemistry. In this Review, we describe the principles learned from studies of various natural antenna complexes and suggest how to elucidate strategies for designing light-harvesting systems. We envisage that such systems will be used for solar fuel production, to direct and regulate excitation energy flow using molecular organizations that facilitate feedback and control, or to transfer excitons over long distances. Also described are the notable properties of light-harvesting chromophores, spatial-energetic landscapes, the roles of excitonic states and quantum coherence, as well as how antennas are regulated and photoprotected.

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Authors: Scholes, G. D., Fleming, G. R., Olaya-Castro, A., & van Grondelle, R.
Affiliations: University of Toronto (CA)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
University College London (GB)
Corresponding author: Scholes, Gregory D.
ORCID: Scholes, Gregory D.
Fleming, Graham R.
Olaya-Castro, Alexandra
Venue: Nature Chemistry
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2011-09-23
Volume: 3
Issue: 10
Pages: 763-774
ISSN: 1755-4330 (ISSN-L)
1755-4349
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1145
OpenAlex: W2150852355
Semantic Scholar: eb74f8ca092e9dec97298102cdaf639693aabcca
Cited by: 1,915
References: 150
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FWCI: 8.54
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature Chemistry (publishedVersion)
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UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
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Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G005222/1)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
Keywords: light-harvesting complexes, photosynthesis, solar light harvesting, excitation energy transfer, solar fuels, excitonic states, quantum coherence, photoprotection
MeSH terms: Quantum Theory, Solar Energy, Sunlight, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Photosystem I Protein Complex, Photosystem II Protein Complex, Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes

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