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Back Cover: Near‐Infrared‐Light‐Driven Artificial Photosynthesis by Nanobiocatalytic Assemblies (Chem. Eur. J. 13/2014)
Author(s) -
Lee Joon Seok,
Nam Dong Heon,
Kuk Su Keun,
Park Chan Beum
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201490053
Subject(s) - photosynthesis , artificial photosynthesis , photon upconversion , energy transfer , cover (algebra) , light energy , infrared , artificial light , near infrared spectroscopy , materials science , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , environmental science , chemistry , physics , botany , biology , optics , photocatalysis , luminescence , chemical physics , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , illuminance , catalysis
Upconversion has been applied to near‐infrared (NIR)‐light‐driven artificial photosynthesis. For the development of an artificial photosynthetic platform that mimics natural photosynthesis in green plants, it is critical to harvest NIR‐range light, which constitutes over 46% of the solar energy. In their Communication on page 3584 ff., C. B. Park and co‐workers successfully utilize Förster resonance energy transfer between upconversion nanoparticles and organic photosensitizers for efficient photon conversion and photosynthesis under NIR light.