Photophysics of nanographenes: from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to graphene nanoribbons
| Autor: | Ksenija D. Glusac, Nikita Gupta, Jonathan L. Gesiorski, Matthew C Drummer, Varun Singh, Ravindra B. Weerasooriya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Materials science Graphene Exciton Nanotechnology Cell Biology Plant Science General Medicine 01 natural sciences Biochemistry law.invention Artificial photosynthesis 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology law Quantum dot Molecule Lasing threshold Photocatalytic water splitting Graphene nanoribbons 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Photosynthesis Research. 151:163-184 |
| ISSN: | 1573-5079 0166-8595 |
| Popis: | Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and nanoribbons (GNRs) are classes of nanographene molecules that exhibit highly tunable photophysical properties. There have been great strides in recent years to advance our understanding of nanographene photophysics and develop their use in light-harvesting systems, such as artificial photosynthesis. Here, we review the latest studies of GQDs and GNRs which have shed new light onto their photophysical underpinnings through computational and advanced spectroscopic techniques. We discuss how the size, symmetry, and shape of nanographenes influence their molecular orbital structures and, consequentially, their spectroscopic signatures. The scope of this review is to comprehensively lay out the general photophysics of nanographenes starting with benzene and building up to larger polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, GQDs, and GNRs. We also explore a collection of publications from recent years that build upon the current understanding of nanographene photophysics and their potential application in light-driven processes from display, lasing, and sensing technology to photocatalytic water splitting. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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