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Energy Transfer Followed by Electron Transfer in a Porphyrin Macrocycle and Central Acceptor Ligand: A Model for a Photosynthetic Composite of the Light‐Harvesting Complex and Reaction Center |
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| Authors: | Yusuke Kuramochi Dr Atula S D Sandanayaka Dr Akiharu Satake Prof Yasuyuki Araki Prof Kazuya Ogawa Prof Osamu Ito Prof Yoshiaki Kobuke Prof |
| Institution: | 1. Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama 8916‐5, Ikoma, Nara 630‐0101 (Japan), Fax: (+81)?774‐38‐3508;2. Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, 980‐8577 (Japan);3. Present address: Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611‐0011 (Japan) |
| Abstract: | A mimic for nature's solar cells : Simple mixing of nonaporphyrin macrocycle N‐( 1 –Zn)3 and acceptor ligand C60–ZnP–Tripod affords a supramolecular architecture (see scheme), in which the excitation energy collected by the macrocycle is transferred efficiently to the central ZnP acceptor, inducing charge separation between the ZnP and C60 sites.  |
| Keywords: | fullerenes photochemistry photosynthesis porphyrinoids self‐assembly |