Quantum photoelectrochemistry - towards radically improved solar energy conversion technologies

Project funded by Swedish Research Council (Project grant), grant 2017-04263_VR. Participating organisations named by the source: Lund University. Funded amount: SEK 2,800,000, as stated by the source. Runs 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31. Keywords: Naturvetenskap, Natural Sciences, Fysik, Physical Sciences, Atom- och molekylfysik och optik, Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics. Source: OpenAIRE Graph, from the funder's project data (collected by OpenAIRE on 2026-07-23); national funding data, not CORDIS. Abstract given by the source: Several molecular and mesoscopic solar energy conversion systems show significant potential as reliable, efficient, and cost-effective emerging renewable energy technologies. This application concerns computationally driven design and advanced characterization of complex photoelectrochemical systems at the heart of such electro-optical applications. We aim to understand excited state properties for several types of new materials of significant current interest ranging from molecular light-harvesting complexes and supramolecular photocatalysts, via polymer films for organic photovoltaics, to nanostructured and heterogeneous semiconductor materials. This includes quantum photoelectrochemical characterization of opto-electronic properties of complex materials, with a focus to develop comprehensive insight into excited state evolution of light harvesting, light emission, electron and energy transfer, as well as photocatalytic processes. We furthermore aim to use accurate quantum chemical predictions to guide the development of new materials, including Earth-abundant transition metal photosensitizers with very promising unconventional photophysical properties, promising polymer-based solar cell materials, as well as emerging supramolecular and heterogeneous solar fuel technologies. The computationally driven research is conducted in close collaborations with leading experimental groups in both synthetic development and spectroscopic characterization.

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AI-assisted summary: The project "Quantum photoelectrochemistry" is funded by the Swedish Research Council with a grant of SEK 2,800,000, running from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2021, at Lund University. It focuses on the design and characterization of advanced photoelectrochemical systems. Suggested technology pillar: simulation. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.