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A bioinspired sequential energy transfer system constructed via supramolecular copolymerization

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  • Yifei Han

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Xiaolong Zhang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Zhiqing Ge

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Zhao Gao

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Rui Liao

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Feng Wang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

Abstract

Sequential energy transfer is ubiquitous in natural light harvesting systems to make full use of solar energy. Although various artificial systems have been developed with the biomimetic sequential energy transfer character, most of them exhibit the overall energy transfer efficiency lower than 70% due to the disordered organization of donor/acceptor chromophores. Herein a sequential energy transfer system is constructed via supramolecular copolymerization of σ-platinated (hetero)acenes, by taking inspiration from the natural light harvesting of green photosynthetic bacteria. The absorption and emission transitions of the three designed σ-platinated (hetero)acenes range from visible to NIR region through structural variation. Structural similarity of these monomers faciliates supramolecular copolymerization in apolar media via the nucleation-elongation mechanism. The resulting supramolecular copolymers display long diffusion length of excitation energy (> 200 donor units) and high exciton migration rates (~1014 L mol−1 s−1), leading to an overall sequential energy transfer efficiency of 87.4% for the ternary copolymers. The superior properties originate from the dense packing of σ-platinated (hetero)acene monomers in supramolecular copolymers, mimicking the aggregation mode of bacteriochlorophyll pigments in green photosynthetic bacteria. Overall, directional supramolecular copolymerization of donor/acceptor chromophores with high energy transfer efficiency would provide new avenues toward artificial photosynthesis applications.

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  • Yifei Han & Xiaolong Zhang & Zhiqing Ge & Zhao Gao & Rui Liao & Feng Wang, 2022. "A bioinspired sequential energy transfer system constructed via supramolecular copolymerization," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-31094-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31094-w
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    1. Bin Mu & Xiangnan Hao & Xiao Luo & Zhongke Yang & Huanjun Lu & Wei Tian, 2024. "Bioinspired polymeric supramolecular columns as efficient yet controllable artificial light-harvesting platform," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Wei Yuan & Letian Chen & Chuting Yuan & Zidan Zhang & Xiaokai Chen & Xiaodong Zhang & Jingjing Guo & Cheng Qian & Zujin Zhao & Yanli Zhao, 2023. "Cooperative supramolecular polymerization of styrylpyrenes for color-dependent circularly polarized luminescence and photocycloaddition," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.

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