Volume 50, Issue 46 pp. 10907-10912
Communication

Towards Unimolecular Luminescent Solar Concentrators: Bodipy-Based Dendritic Energy-Transfer Cascade with Panchromatic Absorption and Monochromatized Emission

Dr. O. Altan Bozdemir

Dr. O. Altan Bozdemir

UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800 (Turkey)

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Sundus Erbas-Cakmak

Sundus Erbas-Cakmak

UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800 (Turkey)

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O. Oner Ekiz

O. Oner Ekiz

UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800 (Turkey)

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Dr. Aykutlu Dana

Dr. Aykutlu Dana

UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800 (Turkey)

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Prof. Dr. Engin U. Akkaya

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Engin U. Akkaya

UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800 (Turkey)

Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara (Turkey)

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First published: 22 September 2011
Citations: 194

We are grateful for funding by BOREN, Turkish academy of Sciences (TUBA), and State Planning Organization (DPT).

Graphical Abstract

A polymer-embedded dendritic, bodipy-based panchromatic absorber with a built-in energy gradient concentrates incident solar radiation at a terminal chromophore, resulting in a monochromatized emission directed to the sides of the polymer waveguide (see picture). This particular design minimizes self-absorption losses from the peripheral antenna units with an impressive S factor of 10 000.

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