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Yuichi Kitagawa1,2, Ryoma Moriake3, Tomoko Akama2,4
1Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-ku Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8628, Japan.
Abstract:
Molecular photosensitizers provide efficient light-absorbing abilities for photo-functional materials. Herein, effective photosensitization in excited-state equilibrium is demonstrated using five TbIII coordination polymers. The coordination polymers are composed of TbIII ions (emission center), hexafluoroacetylacetonato (photosensitizer ligands), and phosphine oxide-based bridges (ancillary ligands). The two types of ligand combinations induces a rigid coordination structure via intermolecular interactions, resulting in high thermal stability (with decomposition temperatures above 300 °C). Excited-triplet-state lifetimes of photosensitizer ligands (τ=120-1320 μs) are strongly dependent on the structure of the ancillary ligands. The photosensitizer with a long excited-triplet-state lifetime (τ≥1120 μs) controls the excited state equilibrium between the photosensitizer and TbIII , allowing the construction of TbIII coordination polymer with high TbIII emission quantum yield (≥70 %).
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