Quantum coherence in photosynthesis for efficient solar-energy conversion

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 676-682

  Romero, Elisabet ^a   Augulis, Ramunas ^b,d   Novoderezhkin, Vladimir I ^c   Ferretti, Marco ^a   Thieme, Jos ^a,e   Zigmantas, Donatas ^b   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEPARATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; CHARGE-SEPARATED STATE; ELECTRONIC COHERENCE; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; STRONG CORRELATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPIES; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON TRANSFER;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84904083890     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS3017     Document Type: Article

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