Efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effects
Efficient devices for light harvesting and photon sensing are fundamental building blocks of basic energy science and many essential technologies. Recent efforts have turned to biomimicry to design the next generation of light-capturing devices, partially fueled by an appreciation of the fantastic e...
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| author | Francesco Mattiotti Mohan Sarovar Giulio G Giusteri Fausto Borgonovi G Luca Celardo |
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| description | Efficient devices for light harvesting and photon sensing are fundamental building blocks of basic energy science and many essential technologies. Recent efforts have turned to biomimicry to design the next generation of light-capturing devices, partially fueled by an appreciation of the fantastic efficiency of the initial stages of natural photosynthetic systems at capturing photons. In such systems extended excitonic states are thought to play a fundamental functional role, inducing cooperative coherent effects, such as superabsorption of light and supertransfer of photoexcitations. Inspired by this observation, we design an artificial light-harvesting and photodetection device that maximally harnesses cooperative effects to enhance efficiency. The design relies on separating absorption and transfer processes (energetically and spatially) in order to overcome the fundamental obstacle to exploiting cooperative effects to enhance light capture: the enhanced emission processes that accompany superabsorption. This engineered separation of processes greatly improves the efficiency and the scalability of the system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff4cf7546758470e9cc5055d436d0f3e2023-08-09T14:18:32ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302022-01-0124101302710.1088/1367-2630/ac4127Efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effectsFrancesco Mattiotti0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2532-8876Mohan Sarovar1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4091-9508Giulio G Giusteri2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9001-9706Fausto Borgonovi3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9730-1189G Luca Celardo4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3679-1954ISIS (UMR 7006) and icFRC, University of Strasbourg and CNRS , 67000 Strasbourg, France; Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica and Interdisciplinary Laboratories for Advanced Materials Physics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore , via della Garzetta 48, Brescia I-25123, Italy; Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, IN 46556, United States of AmericaExtreme-scale Data Science and Analytics, Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore, CA 94550, United States of AmericaDipartimento di Matematica and Padua Quantum Technologies Research Center, Università degli Studi di Padova , Via Trieste 63, 35121, Padova, ItalyDipartimento di Matematica e Fisica and Interdisciplinary Laboratories for Advanced Materials Physics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore , via della Garzetta 48, Brescia I-25123, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare , Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano I-20133, ItalyBenemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla , Apartado Postal J-48, Instituto de Física, 72570, Mexico; Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze , Via Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, ItalyEfficient devices for light harvesting and photon sensing are fundamental building blocks of basic energy science and many essential technologies. Recent efforts have turned to biomimicry to design the next generation of light-capturing devices, partially fueled by an appreciation of the fantastic efficiency of the initial stages of natural photosynthetic systems at capturing photons. In such systems extended excitonic states are thought to play a fundamental functional role, inducing cooperative coherent effects, such as superabsorption of light and supertransfer of photoexcitations. Inspired by this observation, we design an artificial light-harvesting and photodetection device that maximally harnesses cooperative effects to enhance efficiency. The design relies on separating absorption and transfer processes (energetically and spatially) in order to overcome the fundamental obstacle to exploiting cooperative effects to enhance light capture: the enhanced emission processes that accompany superabsorption. This engineered separation of processes greatly improves the efficiency and the scalability of the system.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac4127light harvestingphoton sensorsbio-mimetic devices |
| spellingShingle | Francesco Mattiotti Mohan Sarovar Giulio G Giusteri Fausto Borgonovi G Luca Celardo Efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effects New Journal of Physics light harvesting photon sensors bio-mimetic devices |
| title | Efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effects |
| title_full | Efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effects |
| title_fullStr | Efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effects |
| title_short | Efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effects |
| title_sort | efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effects |
| topic | light harvesting photon sensors bio-mimetic devices |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac4127 |
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