We report a fast in situ seeding approach based on zinc(II) porphyrin (ZnP) under white light irradiation, leading to uniform spherical platinum nanodendrites with tunable sizes. The platinum nanodendrites exhibit...We report a fast in situ seeding approach based on zinc(II) porphyrin (ZnP) under white light irradiation, leading to uniform spherical platinum nanodendrites with tunable sizes. The platinum nanodendrites exhibit significantly improved electrocatalytic activities toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) compared with commercial platinum black.展开更多
Dendrimers are well-defined tree-like macromolecules possessing numerous chain ends emanating from a single core, which makes them attractive candidates for mimicking light-harvesting systems and hydrogenases. Photoin...Dendrimers are well-defined tree-like macromolecules possessing numerous chain ends emanating from a single core, which makes them attractive candidates for mimicking light-harvesting systems and hydrogenases. Photoinduced electron and energy transfers are main processes involved in light-harvesting and photocatalysis. In this review, the general concepts of design strategies and recent developments of photofunctional dendrimers in biomimics of light-harvesting systems and hydrogenases are discussed. The energy transfer and electron transfer processes in light-harvesting dendrimers and the effect of dendritic structures in photochemical hydrogen production are illustrated.展开更多
基金Acknowledgements This work was partially supported by the National Basic Research Program (973 Program) of China (No. 2012CB215500), the National High-tech R&D Program(863 Program) of China (No. 2011AA11A273), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Nos. 21003114 and 21103163). The authors thank Professor John A. Shelnutt at Georgia University, USA for fruitful discussions.
文摘We report a fast in situ seeding approach based on zinc(II) porphyrin (ZnP) under white light irradiation, leading to uniform spherical platinum nanodendrites with tunable sizes. The platinum nanodendrites exhibit significantly improved electrocatalytic activities toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) compared with commercial platinum black.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB834703,2013CB834505)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21173245,21273258,21233011,21472201,21302196)
文摘Dendrimers are well-defined tree-like macromolecules possessing numerous chain ends emanating from a single core, which makes them attractive candidates for mimicking light-harvesting systems and hydrogenases. Photoinduced electron and energy transfers are main processes involved in light-harvesting and photocatalysis. In this review, the general concepts of design strategies and recent developments of photofunctional dendrimers in biomimics of light-harvesting systems and hydrogenases are discussed. The energy transfer and electron transfer processes in light-harvesting dendrimers and the effect of dendritic structures in photochemical hydrogen production are illustrated.