Hydroquinone redox mediator enhances the photovoltaic performances of chlorophyll-based bio-inspired solar cells

Shengnan Duan; Chiasa Uragami; Kota Horiuchi; Kazuki Hino; Xiao-Feng Wang; Shin-ichi Sasaki; Hitoshi Tamiaki; Hideki Hashimoto

doi:10.1038/s42004-021-00556-5

Communications Chemistry (Aug 2021)

Hydroquinone redox mediator enhances the photovoltaic performances of chlorophyll-based bio-inspired solar cells

Shengnan Duan,
Chiasa Uragami,
Kota Horiuchi,
Kazuki Hino,
Xiao-Feng Wang,
Shin-ichi Sasaki,
Hitoshi Tamiaki,
Hideki Hashimoto

Affiliations

Shengnan Duan: Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics, Jilin University
Chiasa Uragami: Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuen University
Kota Horiuchi: Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuen University
Kazuki Hino: Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuen University
Xiao-Feng Wang: Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics, Jilin University
Shin-ichi Sasaki: Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology
Hitoshi Tamiaki: Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Hideki Hashimoto: Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00556-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Chlorophyll derivatives can be applied in bio-solar cells, but their excited-state dynamics are not fully understood in this context. Here pump–probe time-resolved absorption spectroscopy measurements of chlorophyll derivatives reveal enhanced lifetimes of radical species in the presence of hydroquinone.

Published in Communications Chemistry

ISSN: 2399-3669 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.nature.com/commschem

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