形状受约束的宏环二聚氨酸-富勒烯人造光合作用反应中心
Vikas Garg1, Gerdenis Kodis, Mirianas Chachisvilis
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 16, 2011
概括
研究人员创建了一个新型的人工反应中心,使用一个刚性宏循环与两个氨酸和一个氨酸. 这种设计可以为潜在的太阳能应用程序提供高效和快速的电荷分离.
科学领域:
- 人工光合作用的人工光合作用
- 超分子化学 超分子化学
- 摄影化学的使用.
背景情况:
- 自然光合作用反应中心利用精确的电子合和能量学来实现高效的能量转换.
- 人工系统需要受控的电子合和受限制的形状移动性才能达到最佳性能.
- 氨酸-富勒二是人工光合作用有前途的支架.
研究的目的:
- 合成和描述一个具有刚性宏观环形结构的新型人工反应中心.
- 为了研究这个人工系统的光化学性质,特别是光诱导的电子转移.
- 评估太阳能转换电荷分离和再组合的效率和动力学.
主要方法:
- 合成一个42个原子的宏循环,其中包含两个氨酸供体和一个氨酸受体.
- 使用紫外线光谱,核磁共振,质谱和分子建模 (PM6,DFT) 的结构特征.
- 采用短暂吸收光谱的光化学研究来确定电子转移速率和电荷分离状态属性.
主要成果:
- 一个刚性,C(2) -对称的宏循环人造反应中心成功合成.
- 观察到超快的光诱导电子转移,从氨酸激发单片子状态到氨酸 (1.1 ps).
- 一个长寿命的电荷分离状态 (P(•+) -C(60) (((•-) -P) 形成了,其量子产量为单位,寿命为2.7n.
结论:
- 刚性宏循环结构有效控制电子合,并最大限度地减少重组能量.
- 人工反应中心展示了高效和快速的电荷分离,超过了自然系统.
- 这种分子设计代表了在开发太阳能转换高效的人工光合作用系统方面取得的重大进展.
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