FUN2DPHOTO

Research on TMDs incorporating photoactive units aiming energy conversion applications has yet to be fully developed. FUN2DPHOTO aims to the preparation of advanced hybrid materials composed of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and organic photoactive units for energy applications. Emphasis is placed on the design, synthesis, characterization and properties evaluation in the frame of electron donor-acceptor hybrids suitable to be employed as model electrodes in photoelectrochemical cells. More specifically, FUN2DPHOTO focuses on the functionalization of TMDs with metallomacrocycles such as porphyrins and phthalocyanines as well as boron azadipyrromethenes as Vis and NIR absorbing species, and in parallel will be investigated the role and effect of the interaction, covalent vs non-covalent, between the two species, as well as the amount/loading of the photoactive species loaded on TMDs, on the efficiency of the hybrids when employed as active electrodes in photoelectrochemical cells.