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ReviewPhotosynthesis research2022

Photophysics of nanographenes: from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to graphene nanoribbons.

Matthew C Drummer, Varun Singh, Nikita Gupta, Jonathan L Gesiorski, Ravindra B Weerasooriya, Ksenija D Glusac

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Review in Photosynthesis research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Virtual Screening for Organic Solar Cells and Light Emitting Diodes.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Matthew C DrummerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0320-2727
Varun SinghDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6453-4349
Nikita GuptaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0398-7317
Jonathan L GesiorskiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5770-0153
Ravindra B WeerasooriyaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-4499
Ksenija D GlusacDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA. glusac@uic.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2734-057X

Funding

Basic Energy Sciences DE-AC02-06CH11357National Science Foundation CHE-1806388National Science Foundation CHE-1954298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and nanoribbons (GNRs) are classes of nanographene molecules that exhibit highly tunable photophysical properties. There have been great strides in recent years to advance our understanding of nanographene photophysics and develop their use in light-harvesting systems, such as artificial photosynthesis. Here, we review the latest studies of GQDs and GNRs which have shed new light onto their photophysical underpinnings through computational and advanced spectroscopic techniques. We discuss how the size, symmetry, and shape of nanographenes influence their molecular orbital structures and, consequentially, their spectroscopic signatures. The scope of this review is to comprehensively lay out the general photophysics of nanographenes starting with benzene and building up to larger polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, GQDs, and GNRs. We also explore a collection of publications from recent years that build upon the current understanding of nanographene photophysics and their potential application in light-driven processes from display, lasing, and sensing technology to photocatalytic water splitting.

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GraphiteNanotubes, CarbonPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsQuantum DotsGraphiteNanotubes, CarbonPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsAromaticBinding energyCoherenceDiffusionExcitonGrapheneHydrocarbonsNanoribbonPolycyclicQuantum dot

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