July 2024
Intermediate to advanced
280 pages
12h 52m
English
Light-harvesting polymers are polymers that can trap energy via peripheral chromophores and funnel to a central point, where it can be converted back into photon energy or into chemical energy.
Light-harvesting polymers can be grouped into three categories: polymers with π-conjugated backbones (normally known as conjugated polymers), dendrimers, and polymers with a non-conjugated backbone (e.g., polystyrene and polyacrylate) but pendant π-conjugated chromophores as side chains (also termed side-chain conjugated polymers).
Figure 90.2 is a chemical structure of a light harvesting dendrimer. By introducing the lower bandgap perylene chromophore into the structure, the phenylacetylene ...
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