Porphyrinoid–Fullerene Hybrids as Candidates in Artificial Photosynthetic Schemes
, Asterios Charisiadis, Christina Stangel, Georgios Charalambidis * and Athanassios G. Coutsolelos *Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
In the article chemists from the University of Crete summarizes their recent achievements in design and synthesis of new molecular assemblies which are promising potential candidates for artificial photosynthesis. The review comprises 8 papers published in the years 2013-2019. It is a well-written and interesting paper and good list of references is given. The Authors present their significant successes in three paragraphs and each paragraph is related to a specific problem, giving thus an idea about various directions of synthetic efforts. However, I wonder if the paper should be published in this form. Namely, though I agree that it is worthwhile to summarize recent successes but it should be performed in a broader context. The review would profit if a broader comparison with other analogous molecular systems was done. As a matter of fact, some suitable articles related to analogous compounds are cited but in my opinion it is not sufficient. My suggestion is that the Authors consider a possibility of discussing their compounds in comparison with other molecular systems which are potentially useful for artificial photosynthesis.
Additionally, I wonder if the title is adequate. In the paper molecular assemblies and their most important photo-physical parameters are described but neither engineered materials nor devices for artificial photosynthesis. Simply, these are molecular hybrids which are only good candidates for artificial photosynthesis. Moreover, I wonder why an e-mail of Dr. Axel Kahnt is given despite he is not a co-author.
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Reviewer 2 Report
In this mini-review, the authors discussed porphyrin-fullerene system as an artificial photosynthetic system to convert solar energy into fuel products and electricity. This manuscript is interesting but authors should also discuss what are the advantages and disadvantages of porphyrinoid-fullerene hybrids over other systems like perovskites. What about large scale synthesis and long-term stability? How to push this system into practical applications for solar energy harvest?
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
In my opinion the revised manuscript can be accepted for publication in the present form. All the modifications (title, text and figures) have significantly improved the article. Moreover, 12 additional references are introduced. My only remark is that in the line 296 it should be “Figure 5” and it is “Figure 6”.
Reviewer 2 Report
The authors have revised the manuscript to address concerns from reviewers. The manuscript could be considered for publication now.
