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  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Photochemistry
  • Materials Science

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  • Noble metal-free photocatalytic systems are highly sought after.
  • Iron complexes are attractive candidates due to their abundance and tunable properties.
  • The multichromophoric approach, combining organic chromophores with photoactive iron complexes, offers a strategy to increase excited state lifetimes and potentially achieve a reservoir effect.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize novel chromophore-functionalized iron(III) complexes.
  • To systematically investigate the influence of different organic chromophores (benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, pyrene) on the photophysical properties of iron complexes.
  • To explore the impact of chromophore steric and electronic properties on charge transfer lifetimes and photodynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of a series of chromophore-functionalized iron(III) complexes based on [Fe(ImP)2][PF6].
  • Ground state characterization using spectroscopic and analytical techniques.
  • Excited state dynamics investigated via transient absorption spectroscopy and streak camera emission measurements.
  • Theoretical investigations using Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations.

Main Results:

  • Significant improvement in emission coefficients was observed upon addition of chromophores.
  • Larger chromophores induced coplanarization of the ligand backbone and iron complex motif.
  • This coplanarization stabilized the formal charge, leading to a superligand state.
  • The superligand state exhibited faster radiationless relaxation to the ground state compared to the parent complex.

Conclusions:

  • While chromophore addition enhances emission, it can hinder the desired reservoir effect by promoting rapid non-radiative decay.
  • The steric and electronic properties of attached chromophores critically influence excited state dynamics and charge stabilization.
  • Further design strategies are needed to balance enhanced light absorption/emission with prolonged excited state lifetimes for effective photocatalysis.