Donor-Linked Di(perylene bisimide)s: Arrays Exhibiting Fast Electron Transfer for Photosynthesis Mimics

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• 作者：Yishi Wu ; Yonggang Zhen ; Zhaohui Wang ; Hongbing Fu
• 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：February 28, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：117
• 期：8
• 页码：1712-1720
• 全文大小：457K
• 年卷期：v.117,no.8(February 28, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5215

文摘

The first example of donor-linked di(perylene bisimide)s is reported. UV鈥搗is absorption spectra of these newly synthesized dyads showed intense absorption across the entire visible region, demonstrating their excellent light-harvesting activities. The severe fluorescence quenching event probed by steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy and the free-energy calculations suggested the possibility of electron transfer (ET) in these arrays upon photoexcitation. Further femtosecond transient absorption spectra clarified that the fluorescence quenching was due to fast intramolecular ET. The rate of the charge separation (CS) was found to be as high as 10¹² s^鈥? in CH₂Cl₂. It was suggested that the large ET driving forces, strong donor鈥揳cceptor electronic coupling, and relatively small reorganization energy of diPBI accounted for the rapid ET process in a synergic manner. The fate of the generated radical ion pair depended on the solvent used. Rapid charge recombination to ground state occurred for the dyads in polar CH₂Cl₂ and for diPBI-TPA in nonpolar toluene. However, sufficient ³diPBI* population was attained via efficient spin鈥搊rbit coupled intersystem crossing from the charge-separated state for diPBI-PdTPP in toluene. These photophysical properties are interpreted as the cooperation between thermodynamic feasibility and kinetic manipulation.