Delocalized quantum states enhance photocell efficiency

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5743-5750

  Zhang, Yiteng ^a,b   Oh, Sangchul ^a   Alharbi, Fahhad H ^a   Engelc, Gregory S ^c   Kais, Sabre ^a,b  

^a HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84923343849     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4cp05310a     Document Type: Article

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