Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization

USING A BIO-INSPIRED SMART MATRIX TO OPTIMIZE ENERGY LANDSCAPES FOR SOLAR FUELS PRODUCTION In photosynthesis, complex protein st ...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH DIRECTION The key role played by the protein in regulating and facilitating the primary energy and electron ...

hν energy charge^ energy charge hν Figure 39 A smart matrix. Left: The present situation for transporting energy or charge with ...

developing multi-electron catalytic sites in bio-inspired artificial photosynthetic systems for water oxidation and carbon dioxi ...

Figure 41 Light-induced Fourier difference maps adjacent to the Qb site in B. viridis reaction centers (Source: Baxter et al. 20 ...

coupling in multi-cofactor-containing assemblies has used 2-D transient optical spectroscopy to map the time evolution of couple ...

RELEVANCE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT The development and use of smart matrices would revolutionize our ability to control and implemen ...

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Solar-powered Catalysts for Energy-rich Fuels Formation All methods of producing solar fuels must involve coupling photo-driven ...

low toxicity, and processibility. To meet these challenges, the tools of theory and experiment must be brought together to under ...

While these essential features of catalyst design are widely recognized, the fundamental knowledge base needed to control the st ...

8 electrons) are extremely limited. New approaches to hydride and hydrogen atom transfer need to be developed. Theoretical studi ...

Bio-inspired Molecular Assemblies for Integrating Photon-to-fuels Pathways Molecular systems that mimic the photoconversion step ...

Energy Transfer, 21 ps Electron Transfer, 7 ps Energy Transfer, 21 ps Electron Transfer, 7 ps Figure 44 The red perylenebis(imid ...

Figure 45 Hybrid light-driven proton pump using charge separation within a donor-acceptor triad and ATP synthase incorporated in ...

nanostructure design, and development of nanoscale pore architectures that steer reaction intermediates to desired fuel products ...

Develop Charge Transport Structures to Deliver Redox Equivalents to Catalysts Structured assemblies need to be developed that pr ...

realize an efficient artificial photosynthetic system for solar fuels production. Developing such an integrated system would hav ...

Achieving Defect-tolerant and Self-repairing Solar Conversion Systems No molecule-based solar energy conversion system, includin ...

Figure 47 Repair of PSII by degrading photo-damaged D1 protein and replacing it with newly synthesized D1 protein Figure 46 Defe ...