Aggregation-induced emission luminogens for augmented photosynthesis

Haixiang Liu; Neng Yan; Haotian Bai; Ryan T K Kwok; Ben Zhong Tang

doi:10.1002/EXP.20210053

Aggregation-induced emission luminogens for augmented photosynthesis

Exploration (Beijing). 2022 Mar 21;2(3):20210053. doi: 10.1002/EXP.20210053. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Authors

Haixiang Liu^{1

2}, Neng Yan³, Haotian Bai², Ryan T K Kwok^{1

2}, Ben Zhong Tang^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute Nanshan Shenzhen China.
² Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction Institute for Advanced Study The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Kowloon Hong Kong China.
³ School of Energy and Environment and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution City University of Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong China.
⁴ School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Functional Aggregate Materials The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen China.

Abstract

Photosynthesis is promising in sequestrating carbon dioxide and providing food and biofuel. Recent findings have shown that luminescent materials could shift the wavelength of light to a more usable range for augmented photosynthesis. Among them, aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) have advantages of efficient light conversion, high biocompatibility, large Stokes' shift, and so on. In this perspective, emerging reports of augmented photosynthesis with luminescent materials, especially the AIEgens are included. We emphasized the spectra shift characteristics, material formation, and sustainable development based on augmented photosynthesis.

Keywords: aggregation‐induced emission; carbon neutrality; photosynthesis; sustainable development.