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Relaxation dynamics of [Re(CO)2(bpy){P(OEt)3}2](PF6) in TEOA solvent measured by time-resolved attenuated total
Phuong Ngoc Nguyen1, Hiroshi Watanabe2,3, Yusuke Tamaki4
1Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan.
Abstract:
To reveal highly efficient photocatalytic properties of an artificial photosynthesis material [Re(CO)2(bpy){P(OEt)3}2](PF6), we have directly observed the photo-induced relaxation dynamics and reductive quenching process of the photo-excited state on a photosynthesis material in Triethanolamine (TEOA) solvent as an electron donor by time-resolved attenuated total reflection spectroscopy in the terahertz (THz) region. The spectrum of the complex in TEOA has an intermolecular vibrational mode between the complex and TEOA molecules, which reflects the precursor of the reductive quenching process. The intermolecular vibrational mode has three-step relaxation process in a picosecond timescale after photo-excitation, where firstly the triplet metal-to-ligand charge transfer excited state is vibrationally cooled down, secondly the distance between Re and TEOA is reduced by the rotation of TEOA molecules due to dipole-dipole interaction accelerated by heat transfer, and finally electrons transfer from TEOA to Re. These observations provide us the detailed information of the electron transfer process of photocatalytic properties of [Re(CO)2(bpy){P(OEt)3}2](PF6) in TEOA solvent.
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