Les crises énergétiques, en particulier celles liées aux combustibles fossiles, conduisent à une utilisation accrue des nouvelles énergies renouvelables. De plus, les recherches visent également à utiliser des matériaux de stockage de l'énergie qui sont plus efficace, tels que les batteries, et à utiliser des matériaux économes en énergie. Une OLED (diode électroluminecente organique)) est une diode émettrice la lumière (LED) qui sont connues grâce leur potentiel élevé dans les applications d'affichage, de signalisation et d'éclairage. Parmi ces matériaux organiques, les caroténoïdes constituent une classe importante de molécules linéaires conjuguées qui présentent un degré de délocalisation électronique élevé et de dynamique ultra-rapide. Le colorant joue un rôle important dans le fonctionnement des cellules solaires sensibilisées par colorant (CSSCs) ou d'autres matériaux bi fonctionnels. Dans cette recherche, nous avons étudié la photo stabilité des caroténoïdes (-carotène et fucoxanthine) à l'aide du kaolin modifié et de l'antioxydant. La photostabilité du -carotène et de la fucoxanthine peut être améliorée par la kaolinite modifiée et l'antioxydant. La fabrication OLED utilisant la fucoxanthine n'est pas suffisante à cause de la bande interdite de la fucoxanthine (Fx) qui est très grande et peut être un isolant. NPD (50 nm) / Fx (1 nm) / Alq3 (85 nm) a un EQE de 0,12% et un CIE (0,416 ; 0,5302). Les dispositifs OLEDs en utilisant le ß-carotene comme couche de transport du trou et la curcumine comme couche émettrice ont donné une couleur jaune avec un EQE de 0,02%. / Energy crises, especially fossil fuel-based energy, lead to increased use of new energy and renewable energy. In addition, research is also directed towards more efficient energy use through the development of energy storage materials such as batteries, and the use of energy-efficient materials. An OLED (organic light-emitting diode) is a light-emitting diode (LED) and is known for their high potential in a display, signage, and lighting applications. Carotenoids constitute an important class of linear -conjugated molecules that exhibit a high degree of electronic delocalization and ultrafast dynamic. The dye that is used as a photosensitizer plays an important role in the operation of DSSCs or other bifunctional material. In this research, we studied the photostability of the carotenoid compound (-carotene and fucoxanthin) using natural antioxidant and modified kaolinite. In this work, the carotenoid stability by the carotenoid compound/antioxidant binary is studied for the first time. Photostability of -carotene can be enhanced by antioxidant and modified kaolinite. Photoprotection efficiency of -carotene by curcumin was higher than fucoxanthin. Modified kaolinite decreased photodegradation of - carotene by shielded and protected from direct UV irradiation. Antioxidant fucoxanthin and curcumin decreased the electrochemical gap of the binary material. The electrochemical gap of carotene/curcumin is -1.61 eV, carotene/fucoxanthin is -1.75 eV compare to the only -carotene - 2.04 eV. Fucoxanthin can keep the first oxidation stage of -carotene. Therefore at the binary compound, electron was still reversible, but not for curcumin. Fucoxanthin in OLED devices NPD/Fx/ETL reduced significanly the EQE (%) almost 80% in Alq3 and 76% in BAlq. OLED device: NPD(50nm)/Fx(1nm)/Alq3(85nm) yielded an effeciency quantum external yield, EQE = 0.12% and CIE (0.4160, 0.5302). Fabrication OLED using -carotene as HTL and curcumin as EL layer resulted yellow color , EQE = 0.02%, with the composition MoO3(15nm)/NPD(40nm)/Car(10nm)/ Cur(15nm)/Alq3(70nm)/Ca(100nm). For application of - carotene in OLED device, its perfomance can be improved by using curcumin at the fabrication.

Background: Although our knowledge about diatom photosynthesis has made huge progress over the last years, many aspects about their photosynthetic apparatus are still enigmatic. According to published data, the spatial organization as well as the biochemical composition of diatom thylakoid membranes is significantly different from that of higher plants. Results: In this study the pigment protein complexes of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana were isolated by anion exchange chromatography. A step gradient was used for the elution process, yielding five well-separated pigment protein fractions which were characterized in detail. The isolation of photosystem (PS) core complex fractions, which contained fucoxanthin chlorophyll proteins (FCPs), enabled the differentiation between different FCP complexes: FCP complexes which were more closely associated with the PSI and PSII core complexes and FCP complexes which built-up the peripheral antenna. Analysis by mass spectrometry showed that the FCP complexes associated with the PSI and PSII core complexes contained various Lhcf proteins, including Lhcf1, Lhcf2, Lhcf4, Lhcf5, Lhcf6, Lhcf8 and Lhcf9 proteins, while the peripheral FCP complexes were exclusively composed of Lhcf8 and Lhcf9. Lhcr proteins, namely Lhcr1, Lhcr3 and Lhcr14, were identified in fractions containing subunits of the PSI core complex. Lhcx1, Lhcx2 and Lhcx5 proteins co-eluted with PSII protein subunits. The first fraction contained an additional Lhcx protein, Lhcx6_1, and was furthermore characterized by high concentrations of photoprotective xanthophyll cycle pigments. Conclusion: The results of the present study corroborate existing data, like the observation of a PSI-specific antenna complex in diatoms composed of Lhcr proteins. They complement other data, like e.g. on the protein composition of the 21 kDa FCP band or the Lhcf composition of FCPa and FCPb complexes. They also provide interesting new information, like the presence of the enzyme diadinoxanthin de-epoxidase in the Lhcx-containing PSII fraction, which might be relevant for the process of non-photochemical quenching. Finally, the high negative charge of the main FCP fraction may play a role in the organization and structure of the native diatom thylakoid membrane. Thus, the results present an important contribution to our understanding of the complex nature of the diatom antenna system.

This Ph.D. thesis is an exploration of carotenoids by ultrafast, time-resolved absorption spectroscopy to investigate their complicated relaxation processes, means of energy transfer, and dependence on structure. The introduction begins with an overview of carotenoids, intended for the reader to appreciate their importance and their complexity as revealed by decades of research in carotenoid photophysics. To understand the primary concerns of this research field, the reader is guided through basic theory of energetic processes, the experimental method, and methods of analysis. The main body of the text is the Research Chapter, containing four sections, each describing research using varied ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopies on carotenoids in solution and when bound to a host protein. Section 2.1 concerns an equilibration phenomenon in the lowest excited state of the carotenoid fucoxanthin in various solutions and temperatures by a multi-pulse transient absorption method. The same method is applied to fucoxanthin in a host antennae protein of the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum to investigate the function of the equilibration in energy transfer to Chlorophyll a in Section 2.2. The next two sections regard the effect of carotenoid structure on its relaxation dynamics. Section 2.3 investigates the effect of the non-conjugated acyloxy group of two fucoxanthin derivatives in various solvents. Here, one of the energetic states involved in the equilibrium mentioned above is seen drastically affected. Lastly, Section 2.4 investigates alloxanthin, a carotenoid with an unusual pair of carbon-carbon triple bonds. Their effect on the conjugation is evaluated based upon the molecules' decay dynamics. A general summary and conclusion is provided at the end.