Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150103137

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150103137

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The role of low-energy excited states in solar-energy capture. This project aims to determine the nature and role of the lowest-energy excited states in most natural photosynthetic reaction centres and light-harvesting complexes. The lowest-energy states of bacterial reaction centres are critical to function and are used as a paradigm in artificial organic solar-energy capture, but for most photosystems their nature remains unknown. The project aims to answer the critical question of why they do not actually prevent function. It is expected that both the outcomes obtained and techniques developed will be directly relevant to solar-energy device design. The project will apply five existing, complimentary and purposely built spectrometers as well as quantum electronic and nuclear simulation techniques to identify and characterise three key systems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-09-2015

End Date: 29-09-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $394,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy | Quantum Chemistry | Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling) | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) | Quantum Chemistry | Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling) | Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy

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