Self-Assembled Materials Incorporating Functional Porphyrins and Carbon Nanoplatforms as Building Blocks for Photovoltaic Energy Applications

Boyang Mao; Benjamin Hodges; Craig Franklin; David G Calatayud; Sofia I Pascu

doi:10.3389/fchem.2021.727574

Self-Assembled Materials Incorporating Functional Porphyrins and Carbon Nanoplatforms as Building Blocks for Photovoltaic Energy Applications

Front Chem. 2021 Oct 1:9:727574. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.727574. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Boyang Mao^{1

2}, Benjamin Hodges^{1

3}, Craig Franklin¹, David G Calatayud^{1

4}, Sofia I Pascu^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
² Cambridge Graphene Centre, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
³ Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies (CSCT), University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

As a primary goal, this review highlights the role of supramolecular interactions in the assembly of new sustainable materials incorporating functional porphyrins and carbon nanoplatforms as building blocks for photovoltaics advancements.

Keywords: donor/acceptor interactions; functional graphene materials; net zero; porphyrins; supramolecular chemistry; sustainable processes.

Publication types

Review