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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