title: Robust Benzo[g, h, i]perylenetriimide Dye-Sensitized Electrodes in Air-Saturated Aqueous Buffer Solution.
abstract: Highly electron deficient benzo[ghi]perylenetriimide (BPTI) chromophores were persistently anchored to a metal oxide electrode surface and reversible formation of their radical anions was shown in air-saturated aqueous buffer solution. Our results show a very low reaction-rate constant of BPTI(.-) with O2 (k=1.92 ± 0.05 × 10(-2) s(-1)). BPTI is a robust chromophore that can be used as the electron acceptor in molecule-based artificial photosynthetic devices for direct water splitting in aqueous phase.
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hung-Cheng
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: René M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joost N H
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Reek
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. A.M.Brouwer@uva.nl.
authors.forename: Albert M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1731-3869
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brouwer
keywords: artificial photosynthesis; dyes; electron acceptor; reactive oxygen species