Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties of meso,meso‐Linked Oligoporphyrin Rods with Appended Fullerene Terminals
- 12 April 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chemphyschem
- Vol. 6 (4), 732-743
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200400558
Abstract
The electrochemical and photophysical properties of molecular architectures consisting of oligomeric meso,meso‐linked oligoporphyrin rods linked at both extremities to methanofullerene moieties are presented in comparison to those of model systems. Cyclic voltammetry data evidence the presence of a strong intramolecular electronic coupling along the porphyrin oligomers that varies slightly with their length. This interaction affects the redox potentials of both fullerene and porphyrin moieties. The electronic coupling between the two chromophores is confirmed by comparing the redox potentials of porphyrin arrays before and after attachment of the carbon sphere. Electronic absorption, fluorescence, and phosphorescence spectra of the porphyrin oligomers in toluene are reported, which provide the energy of the lowest singlet and triplet electronic excited states. In the fullerene–porphyrin conjugates, ground‐state charge‐transfer (CT) interactions are evidenced by low‐energy absorption features above 750 nm. These systems also exhibit near‐infrared (NIR) CT luminescence in toluene with lifetimes shorter than 1000 ps. On increasing the solvent polarity (from toluene to Et2O and THF), CT emissions become progressively weaker, red‐shifted, and shorter lived, which reflects the energy‐gap law and Marcus inverted region effects. Luminescence is not detected in benzonitrile. Picosecond transient absorption spectroscopy of the porphyrin–fullerene conjugates allows detection of the porphyrin cation as a clear fingerprint for electron transfer. The rate of charge recombination is in agreement with CT luminescence lifetimes, which confirms the occurrence of NIR radiative back‐electron transfer.Keywords
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