Enhancement of Photodriven Charge Separation by Conformational and Intermolecular Adaptations of an Anthracene–Perylenediimide–Anthracene Triad to an Aqueous Environment
Enhancement of Photodriven Charge Separation by Conformational and Intermolecular Adaptations of an Anthracene–Perylenediimide–Anthracene Triad to an Aqueous Environment
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10.1021/jp403285k
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发表时间:
2013-06
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3.7
通讯作者:
Mustafa Supur;Y. Sung;Dongho Kim;S. Fukuzumi
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作者:
Mustafa Supur;Y. Sung;Dongho Kim;S. Fukuzumi
Photoinduced electron-transfer dynamics of an electron donor–acceptor–donor triad, consisting of anthracenes and perylenediimide (An2PDI), were investigated in different media by using time-resolved laser spectroscopic techniques. The aromatic components are attached by flexible linkers containing hydrophilic quaternary ammonium joints in the triad. In MeOH, in which An2PDI dissolves completely, no electron-transfer products were observed in the transient absorption measurements after the excitation of anthracenes and PDI because of the rapid back-electron transfer. The charge-separation rate of the triad in MeOH was estimated as 1.2 × 1010 s–1 from the quenching of the singlet-excited state of PDI. In contrast, the formation of electron-transfer products was evident in water, and the electron-transfer rate was 200 times faster than the rate in MeOH in the course of the excitations of the selected components of An2PDI (2.5 × 1012 s–1). It is concluded from the time-resolved data that the conformational di...