Solar energy conversion: chemical aspects

Finally filling a gap in the literature for a text that also adopts the chemist?s view of this hot topic, Prof Likhtenshtein, an experienced author and internationally renowned scientist, considers different physical and engineering aspects in solar energy conversion. From theory to real-life systems, he shows exactly which chemical reactions take place when converting light energy, providing an overview of the chemical perspective from fundamentals to molecular harvesting systems and solar cells. This essential guide will thus help researchers in academia and industry better understa.

Solar Energy Conversion: Chemical Aspects; Contents; Preface; 1 Electron Transfer Theories; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Theoretical Models; 1.2.1 Basic Two States Models; 1.2.1.1 Landau-Zener Model; 1.2.1.2 Marcus Model; 1.2.1.3 Electronic and Nuclear Quantum Mechanical Effects; 1.2.2 Further Developments in the Marcus Model; 1.2.2.1 Electron Coupling; 1.2.2.2 Driving Force and Reorganization Energy; 1.2.3 Zusman Model and its Development; 1.2.4 Effect of Nonequilibrity on Driving Force and Reorganization; 1.2.5 Long-Range Electron Transfer; 1.2.6 Spin Effects on Charge Separation

1.2.7 Electron-Proton Transfer Coupling1.2.8 Specificity of Electrochemical Electron Transfer; 1.3 Concerted and Multielectron Processes; References; 2 Principal Stages of Photosynthetic Light Energy Conversion; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Light-Harvesting Antennas; 2.2.1 General; 2.2.2 Bacterial Antenna Complex Proteins; 2.2.2.1 The Structure of the Light-Harvesting Complex; 2.2.2.2 Dynamic Processes in LHC; 2.2.3 Photosystems I and II Harvesting Antennas; 2.3 Reaction Center of Photosynthetic Bacteria; 2.3.1 Introduction; 2.3.2 Structure of RCPB

2.3.3 Kinetics and Mechanism of Electron Transfer in RCPB2.3.4 Elec…