Photoinduced electron transfer in a distyryl BODIPY-fullerene dyad.
A novel distyryl BODIPY-fullerene dyad is prepared. Upon excitation at the distyryl BODIPY moiety, the dyad undergoes photoinduced electron transfer to give a charge-separated state with lifetimes of 476 ps and 730 ps in polar (benzonitrile) and nonpolar (toluene) solvents, respectively. Transient absorption measurements show the formation of the triplet excited state of distyryl BODIPY in the dyad, which is populated from charge-recombination processes in both solvents.
Department of Chemistry and Center of Novel Functional Molecules, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong, China.
Jian-Yong
JY
Liu
Mohamed E
ME
El-Khouly
Shunichi
S
Fukuzumi
Dennis K P
DK
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D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D004583:Electrons; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010777:Photochemistry
C095489:4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene; D001896:Boron Compounds; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D037741:Fullerenes