Turning the optoelectronic properties of graphene and carbon nanodots-based materials

Nowadays, the degradation of the environment and the climate change are some of the main concerns of our society. Therefore, a lot of effort has been invested in the search for new alternatives to fossil fuels. One interesting solution to this problem is to use solar energy as a renewable supply. In nature, it is well-known that solar energy can be transformed into chemical energy by means of photosynthetic processes. This concept has inspired a lot of efforts in the development of new artificial photosynthetic systems composed by donoracceptor(D-A) assemblies. Specifically, in recent years, the combination of carbon nanoforms and light-harvesting dyes using covalent and supramolecular approaches has been widely studied. In this sense, the improvement in the formation methodology of new D-A assemblies, as well as the understanding of the charge transfer processes involved in these systems, are the main keys to create new artificial systems with a potential applicability..