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Prof. Dr. Bryan Koivisto, Ryerson University

Bio-inspired dye design for light harvesting applications
Wann 11.02.2019
von 17:15 bis 18:15
Wo HS Chemie
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When designing dyes and materials for light-harvesting applications, Nature can inspire us
with its many unique evolutionary architectures. Particularly, photosystem II (PSII) which
possesses molecular machinery that can effectively create electronic or chemical potential,
operating under a dynamic range of light conditions. Using this system as our inspiration,
we design and synthesize dyes that try to mimic PSII’s unique structure and behaviour.
Specifically, we are targeting dyes for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) applications. As a
next-generation photovoltaic technology the DSSC represents a unique manifold to study
our novel dye candidates for a myriad of potential applications. This talk outlines some of
the work being conducted in our lab where we focus on designing dyes (primarily organic)
and devices using supramolecular strategies and electrochemical insights that attempt to
mimic some of the features and behaviour exhibited by Nature.


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