Light energy conversion material

1. A light energy conversion material, comprising:

a porous material including an electron donor in a skeleton thereof; and

an electron acceptor disposed in at least one portion among a pore, the skeleton and the outer circumference of the porous material,

wherein the porous material including the electron donor in the skeleton thereof is a silica porous material comprised of silicon atoms covalently bonded with an organic group,

wherein the organic group is the electron donor, and absorbs light energy and transfers electrons excited by the light energy to the electron acceptor, and

wherein the organic group is a molecule selected from the group consisting of 1,1-bi-2-naphthol, 1,3-di(N-carvazolyl)propane (DCzPr), 1,4-di(N-carvazolyl)butane (DCzBu), 1,4-diazabicyclo[2,2,2]octane, 2,3-dihydroxy-naphtol, 2,7-dihydroxy-naphthol, 2-naphthol, Cu(2,9-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline) 2+ , di(N-carvazolyl)methane (DCzMe), meso-2,4-di(N-carvazolyl)pentane (m-DCzPe), Mg(phthalocyanine) 4+ , N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine, N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylbenzidine, N,N-diethylaniline, N,N-dimethylaniline, N-ethyl-carbazole (EtCz), Rh 2 (1,3-diisocyanopropane) 4 2+ , Ru(2,2′-bipyridine) 3 2+ , Tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE), trans-1,2-di(N-carvazolyl)cyclobutane (DCzCBu), Zn(tetra(N-methylpyridinium)porphyrin) 4+ , a Zn porphyrin complex, Zn(tetraphenylporphyrin), Zn(octaethylporphyrin), a Zn phthalocyanine complex, indene, oxadiazole, quadricyclane, diazabicyclooctane, diphenylethylene, triethylamine, triphenylmethane, trimethoxybenzene, norbornadiene, hydrazone, phenothiazine and methoxynaphthalene.

2. The light energy conversion material according to claim 1 , wherein the electron acceptor is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following general formula (3):

Cr(2,2′-bipyridine) 3 2+ , Cr(2,21-bipyridine) 3 3+ , Cr(CN) 6 3− , Fe(CN) 6 4− , Fe 3+ , N,N-dimethylaniline, Pt 2 (P 2 O 5 ) 4 H 8 4− , methyl p-cyanobenzoate, p-dicyanobenzene, p-dinitrobenzene, p-benzoquinone, ReCl 8 2− , Rh 2 (1,3-diisocyanopropane) 4 2+ , Ru(2,2′-bipyridine) 3 2+ , trans-stilbene, UO 2 2+ , a Zn porphyrin complex, Zn(tetraphenylporphyrin), Zn(octaethylporphyrin), Zn phthalocyanine, acetophenone, anthracene, an osmium(II) complex, chloranil, cyanoanthracene, cyanonaphthalene, dimethylaniline, dicyanoanthracene, dicyanonaphthalene, dimethylbicyclohepta-2,5-diene-2,3-dicarboxylate, tetracyanoanthracene, tetracyanoethylene, triphenylpyrylium tetrafluoroborate, naphthalene, nitrobenzene, viologen, phenanthrene, fullerene C60, fullerene C60-μ-oxodimer(C120O), fullerene C70, benzophenone, methylviologen, methoxyacetophenone, oxygen and an aromatic vinyl polymer.

3. The light energy conversion material according to claim 1 , wherein the porous material has a periodic structure with an interval of 5 nm or less based on the regular arrangement of the organic groups.

4. The light energy conversion material according to claim 1 , wherein the porous material has the pore with a central pore diameter of 1 nm to 30 nm.

5. The light energy conversion material according to claim 1 , wherein the porous material has one or more peaks at a diffraction angle corresponding to a d value of 1 nm or more in an X-ray diffraction pattern.

6. The light energy conversion material according to claim 1 , wherein the electron acceptor is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a quinone compound, an aromatic compound having a vinyl group, an aromatic compound having a cyano group, an aromatic compound having a nitro group, a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound, an organic compound having a dicyanomethylene group, a molecular metal complex containing an organic compound having a dicyanomethylene group as a ligand, an organic compound having a cyanoimino group, a molecular metal complex containing an organic compound having a cyanoimino group as a ligand, fullerene, a carbon nanotube, a metal complex having a nitrogen-containing organic ligand, a metal complex having a cyclic ligand, a metal complex salt, a metal ion and a metal oxide.

7. The light energy conversion material according to claim 1 , wherein the silica porous material has a skeleton structure of X—Si—O, X being the organic group that is covalently bound to the silicon atoms.