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Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure of Mono-and Dinuclear Pyridyl-Triazole/DPEPhos-Based Cu(I)
Merten Grupe1, Pit Boden2, Patrick Di Martino-Fumo2
1Department of Physics, TU Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 46, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|September 22, 2021
Summary
This study characterizes copper-based photosensitizers, revealing how charge and structure influence their UV light interactions. These findings are key for developing new photocatalysts and luminescent devices using earth-abundant copper.
Area of Science:
- Photochemistry
- Materials Science
- Computational Chemistry
Background:
- Copper complexes are promising photosensitizers.
- Understanding their photophysical pathways is crucial for applications.
- Charge, nuclearity, and flexibility significantly impact material properties.
Purpose of the Study:
- To characterize mononuclear and dinuclear copper photosensitizers.
- To investigate the influence of charge, nuclearity, and structural flexibility on UV-induced photophysical pathways.
- To evaluate their potential for photocatalysis and luminescent devices.
Main Methods:
- Chemical and spectroscopic characterization.
- Ultrafast transient absorption and step-scan FTIR spectroscopy.
- Time-resolved luminescence and transient photodissociation spectroscopy.
- Theoretical calculations including (TD)DFT and GW-Bethe-Salpeter equation.
Main Results:
- Charge influences triplet state geometry and symmetry in copper photosensitizers.
- Long-lived triplet states with microsecond lifetimes were observed.
- Energetics of thermally activated delayed luminescence were determined.
- Structural flexibility and nuclearity impact photophysical pathways.
Conclusions:
- Copper photosensitizers exhibit tunable photophysical properties.
- Charge and structural factors control UV-induced pathways.
- These earth-abundant copper materials show potential for photocatalysis and luminescence.
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