Probing charge transfer in benzodifuran–C60 dumbbell-type electron donor–acceptor conjugates: ground- and excited-state assays

Hui Li, Christina Schubert, Pavlo O. Dral, Ruben D. Costa, Andrea La Rosa, Juerg Thuering, Shi-Xia Liu, Chenyi Li, Salvatore Filippone, Nazario Martin, Silvio Decurtins, Tim Clark, Dirk M. Guldi

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Abstract

Rigid electron donor–acceptor conjugates (1–3) that combine π-extended benzodifurans as electron donors and C60 molecules as electron acceptors with different linkers have been synthesized and investigated with respect to intramolecular charge-transfer events. Electrochemistry, fluorescence, and transient absorption measurements revealed tunable and structure-dependent charge-transfer processes in the ground and excited states. Our experimental findings are underpinned by density-functional theory calculations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2910-2919
JournalChemPhysChem
Volume14
Issue number13
Early online date5 Aug 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Sept 2013

Keywords

  • benzodifuran
  • cyclovoltammetry,
  • donor–acceptor systems,
  • fullerenes
  • photophysics

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