Reaction Site Designation by Intramolecular Electric Field in Tröger's-Base-Derived Conjugated Microporous Polymer for Near-Unity Selectivity of CO2 Photoconversion

To facilitate solar-driven overall CO₂ and H₂ O convsersion into fuels and O₂ , a series of covalent microporous polymers derived from Tröger's base are synthesized featuring flexural backbone and unusual charge-transfer properties. The incorporation of rigid structural twist Tröger's base unit grants the polymers enhanced microporosity and CO₂ adsorption/activation capacity. Density function theory calculations and photo-electrochemical analyses reveal that an electric dipole moment (from negative to positive) directed to the Tröger's base unit is formed across two obliquely opposed molecular fragments and induces an intramolecular electric field. The Tröger's base unit located at folding point becomes an electron trap to attract photogenerated electrons in the molecular network, which brings about suppression of carrier recombination and designates the reaction site in synergy with the conjugated network. In response to the discrepancy in reaction pathways across the reaction sites, the product allocation in the catalytic reaction is thereby regulated. Optimally, CMP-nTB achieves the highest photocatalytic CO production of 163.53 µmol g^-1 h^-1 with approximately unity selectivity, along with H₂ O oxidation to O₂ in the absence of any photosensitizer or co-catalyst. This work provides new insight for developing specialized artificial organic photocatalysts.

Rationally designed Tröger's base decorated bis-carbazoles as twisted solid-state emitting materials and dead bacterial cell imaging

Troger's base decorated bis-carbazoles were investigated as solid-state emitting materials for dead bacterial staining agents to assess bacterial cell death based on fluorescence.

Simple dissymmetrical and asymmetrical Tröger's bases: photophysical and structural characterization

Four TBs were studied by NMR, IR and optical spectroscopy, observing solvatochromic effects and communication between the asymmetric molecule's extremes.

Inexpensive Hole-Transporting Materials Derived from Tröger's Base Afford Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

The synthesis of three enamine hole-transporting materials (HTMs) based on Tröger's base scaffold are reported. These compounds are obtained in a three-step facile synthesis from commercially available materials without the need of expensive catalysts, inert conditions or time-consuming purification steps. The best performing material, HTM3, demonstrated 18.62 % PCE in PSCs, rivaling spiro-OMeTAD in efficiency, and showing markedly superior long-term stability in non-encapsulated devices. In dopant-free PSCs, HTM3 outperformed spiro-OMeTAD by a factror of 1.6. The high glass-transition temperature (T_g =176 °C) of HTM3 also suggests promising perspectives in device applications.

CuI-catalyzed amination of Tröger's base halides: a convenient method for synthesis of unsymmetrical Tröger's bases

A convenient and efficient Ullmann type copper catalyzed amination method has been developed for direct amination of halogen substituted Tröger's base analogues.

UV-vis and EPR spectroelectrochemical investigations of triarylamine functionalized arylene bisimides

The ambipolar behavior of groups of N-substituted and core-functionalized triarylamine arylene bisimides were investigated by electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical (UV-vis and EPR spectroelectrochemistry) techniques.