Thrust B – Ensembles of Photosynthetic Nanoreactors

How can the lifetime of photogenerated electronic charge carriers exceed the radiative “limit” and overcome limitations imposed by infrequent stochastic photon absorption events?

Thrust B Goals

(i) Extend photogenerated charge-carrier lifetimes

(ii) Control species accumulation at atomically precise reaction centers during infrequent photon absorption

Methods and Approaches

Microkinetic nanoreactor-level theory
Detailed balance Monte Carlo simulations
Molecular-level synthesis and atomic-level materials characterization
Nanoreactor-level characterization of photophysical and photochemical properties

Principal Investigators

Left to right: Nien-Hui Ge (Lead), Gordana Dukovic (Co-Lead), Jenny Yang, Kenneth Miller, and Shane Ardo

Reactant Accumulation

How can the lifetime of photogenerated electronic charge carriers exceed the radiative “limit” and overcome limitations imposed by infrequent stochastic photon absorption events?

Thrust B Goals

Methods and Approaches

Principal Investigators