Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) serves as a large surface area catalytic platform to manipulate photoactive composite assemblies for light energy conversion and energy storage. Its favorable energetics for intercepting excited states and inducing charge separation, along with the ease of developing electrode materials with tailored properties make RGO an exceptionally important mediator for improving the performance of solar cells and photocatalyst arrays. Ways to develop semiconductor/metal-graphene based assemblies for advanced energy conversion devices will be presented. Excited state interactions and charge transfer processes in these photoactive assemblies will also be discussed.

Graphitic design: Graphene-based assemblies for solar energy conversion

245th National Meeting (2013)

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