Anodic photocurrent generation from cellulosic LB films

CELL 7

Fumiaki Nakatsubo, tsubosan@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp, Keita Sakakibara, k_sakaki@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp, and Yasuhiro Ogawa, ogaway@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp. Laboratory of the Chemisty of Biomaterials, Department of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
We designed to fabricate novel cellulose-based photocurrent generation systems using cellulose as a scaffold basically consisting of electron Donor (D), Sensitizer (S) and Acceptor by the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) method, mimicking electron transport chain in natural photosynthetic process. Then, we succeeded in the first photocurrent generation of the cellulosic LB films.
 

Structure and Properties of Cellulosic Polymers, Assemblies, and Nanocomposites
7:55 AM-11:45 AM, Sunday, April 6, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Rm. R07, Oral

Division of Cellulose & Renewable Materials

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008