Single-chromophore-driven single-electron-pumping processes leading to multi-electron transfer and storage are effectively promoted in natural photosynthesis,generating photocurrent at the molecular level.Moreover,the...Single-chromophore-driven single-electron-pumping processes leading to multi-electron transfer and storage are effectively promoted in natural photosynthesis,generating photocurrent at the molecular level.Moreover,these single-electron-pumping events are converted into double-electron-pumping events by releasing multiple plastoquinol molecules without releasing reactive semiquinone radicals,thereby enabling storage of two-electron-reduced molecules within the lipid bilayer constructing the thylakoid membrane.Here we report new unimolecular architectures that enable these highly sophisticated light-driven multi-electron transfer and storage processes.展开更多
基金supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)(no.24350029)Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas,‘Coordination Programming’(no.2107)(no.24108732)+2 种基金‘Artificial Photosynthesis’(no.2406)(no.24107004)from the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology(MEXT)of Japan.This was also supported by the International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research(WPI-I2CNER)sponsored by the World Premier International Research Center Initiative(WPI),MEXT,Japan.K.K.acknowledges Research Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientist.
文摘Single-chromophore-driven single-electron-pumping processes leading to multi-electron transfer and storage are effectively promoted in natural photosynthesis,generating photocurrent at the molecular level.Moreover,these single-electron-pumping events are converted into double-electron-pumping events by releasing multiple plastoquinol molecules without releasing reactive semiquinone radicals,thereby enabling storage of two-electron-reduced molecules within the lipid bilayer constructing the thylakoid membrane.Here we report new unimolecular architectures that enable these highly sophisticated light-driven multi-electron transfer and storage processes.
