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A [Cu3] Cluster-Based Chain Featuring Linkages of Acylhydrazone N–N Single Bonds and Cl− Ions: Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties. J CLUST SCI 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10876-018-1477-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Maldonado T, Ferraudi G, Lappin AG, Godoy F. Kinetic and Mechanistic Observations on the Photoinduced Isomerization Reaction of Organometallic Chalcones: A Steady State and Flash Photolysis Study. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201700129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tamara Maldonado
- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología; Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Casilla 40 8320000 Santiago Chile
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- Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
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- Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología; Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Casilla 40 8320000 Santiago Chile
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Mara MW, Bowman DN, Buyukcakir O, Shelby ML, Haldrup K, Huang J, Harpham MR, Stickrath AB, Zhang X, Stoddart JF, Coskun A, Jakubikova E, Chen LX. Electron Injection from Copper Diimine Sensitizers into TiO2: Structural Effects and Their Implications for Solar Energy Conversion Devices. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:9670-84. [PMID: 26154849 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b04612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Copper(I) diimine complexes have emerged as low cost replacements for ruthenium complexes as light sensitizers and electron donors, but their shorter metal-to-ligand-charge-transfer (MLCT) states lifetimes and lability of transient Cu(II) species impede their intended functions. Two carboxylated Cu(I) bis-2,9-diphenylphenanthroline (dpp) complexes [Cu(I)(dpp-O(CH2CH2O)5)(dpp-(COOH)2)](+) and [Cu(I)(dpp-O(CH2CH2O)5)(dpp-(Φ-COOH)2)](+) (Φ = tolyl) with different linker lengths were synthesized in which the MLCT-state solvent quenching pathways are effectively blocked, the lifetime of the singlet MLCT state is prolonged, and the transient Cu(II) ligands are stabilized. Aiming at understanding the mechanisms of structural influence to the interfacial charge transfer in the dye-sensitized solar cell mimics, electronic and geometric structures as well as dynamics for the MLCT state of these complexes and their hybrid with TiO2 nanoparticles were investigated using optical transient spectroscopy, X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy, time-dependent density functional theory, and quantum dynamics simulations. The combined results show that these complexes exhibit strong absorption throughout the visible spectrum due to the severely flattened ground state, and a long-lived charge-separated Cu(II) has been achieved via ultrafast electron injection (<300 fs) from the (1)MLCT state into TiO2 nanoparticles. The results also indicate that the TiO2-phen distance in these systems does not have significant effect on the efficiency of the interfacial electron-transfer process. The mechanisms for electron transfer in these systems are discussed and used to develop new strategies in optimizing copper(I) diimine complexes in solar energy conversion devices.
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- Michael W Mara
- †Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- §Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 2620 Yarbrough Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- ⊥Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability (EEWS), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- †Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- ∥Centre for Molecular Movies, Department of Physics, NEXMAP Section, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- †Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- ⊥Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability (EEWS), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- §Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 2620 Yarbrough Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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