2018
High-Energy Charge-Separated States by Reductive Electron Transfer Followed by Electron Shift in the Tetraphenylethylene–Aluminum(III) Porphyrin–Fullerene Triad
Zarrabi N, Agatemor C, Lim G, Matula A, Bayard B, Batista V, D’Souza F, Poddutoori P. High-Energy Charge-Separated States by Reductive Electron Transfer Followed by Electron Shift in the Tetraphenylethylene–Aluminum(III) Porphyrin–Fullerene Triad. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 123: 131-143. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b09500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharge-separated stateCharge separationTime-resolved spectroscopic techniquesReductive electron transferCharge separated statesExcited-state propertiesReference dyadsExcited singlet stateTetraphenylethylene unitsArtificial photosynthesisSupramolecular triadElectron transferSpectroscopic techniquesCovalent bondsPorphyrin planeTetraphenylethyleneElectron migrationPhotochemical reactionsChemical energyElectron shiftSinglet stateAlPorFullerenesPorphyrinsSeparation
2009
Interfacial Electron Transfer in TiO2 Surfaces Sensitized with Ru(II)−Polypyridine Complexes
Jakubikova E, Snoeberger R, Batista V, Martin R, Batista E. Interfacial Electron Transfer in TiO2 Surfaces Sensitized with Ru(II)−Polypyridine Complexes. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry A 2009, 113: 12532-12540. PMID: 19594155, DOI: 10.1021/jp903966n.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterfacial electron transferElectronic excitationBidentate modeElectron transferDye-sensitized solar cellsElectronic statesConventional dye-sensitized solar cellsDensity functional theory calculationsVisible-light photoexcitationSolar cellsStable covalent bondsElectron transfer mechanismInterfacial electron-transfer mechanismVisible light excitationFunctional theory calculationsQuantum dynamics simulationsExcited electronic statesPolypyridine complexesPhosphonate linkersAdsorbate moleculesCovalent bondsIET efficiencyTiO2 surfaceTime scalesTheory calculations