Linker Length-Dependent Electron-Injection Dynamics of Trimesitylporphyrins on SnO2 Films
Abstract
Electron-injection dynamics of dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells depend on the length of the linker connecting the molecular photosensitizer to the metal oxide electron acceptor. However, systematic studies of the effect of chromophore–oxide distance are scarce. In this work, we present the synthesis, characterization, spectroscopy, and computational modeling of electron-injection dynamics from free-base trimesitylporphyrins with varying linker lengths into tin(IV) oxide (SnO2). In each system, the porphyrin core and metal oxide film remain the same while only the linker binding the porphyrin to the carboxylate anchor group is varied. A length range spanning 8.5–17.2 Å is studied by employing phenylene, biphenylene, terphenylene, and benzanilide groups as the linker. We find a clear correlation between linker length and injection rates, providing insights that will be exploited in the optimization of dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells.
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- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Chemistry, and Yale Energy Sciences Inst.
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Chemistry, and Yale Energy Sciences Inst.; Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1483383
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-07ER15909
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 121; Journal Issue: 41; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; electron injection; trimesitylporphyrins; terahertz spectroscopy; density functional theory
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Lee, Shin Hee, Regan, Kevin P., Hedström, Svante, Matula, Adam J., Chaudhuri, Subhajyoti, Crabtree, Robert H., Batista, Victor S., Schmuttenmaer, Charles A., and Brudvig, Gary W. Linker Length-Dependent Electron-Injection Dynamics of Trimesitylporphyrins on SnO2 Films. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07855.
Lee, Shin Hee, Regan, Kevin P., Hedström, Svante, Matula, Adam J., Chaudhuri, Subhajyoti, Crabtree, Robert H., Batista, Victor S., Schmuttenmaer, Charles A., & Brudvig, Gary W. Linker Length-Dependent Electron-Injection Dynamics of Trimesitylporphyrins on SnO2 Films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07855
Lee, Shin Hee, Regan, Kevin P., Hedström, Svante, Matula, Adam J., Chaudhuri, Subhajyoti, Crabtree, Robert H., Batista, Victor S., Schmuttenmaer, Charles A., and Brudvig, Gary W. Thu .
"Linker Length-Dependent Electron-Injection Dynamics of Trimesitylporphyrins on SnO2 Films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07855. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1483383.
@article{osti_1483383,
title = {Linker Length-Dependent Electron-Injection Dynamics of Trimesitylporphyrins on SnO2 Films},
author = {Lee, Shin Hee and Regan, Kevin P. and Hedström, Svante and Matula, Adam J. and Chaudhuri, Subhajyoti and Crabtree, Robert H. and Batista, Victor S. and Schmuttenmaer, Charles A. and Brudvig, Gary W.},
abstractNote = {Electron-injection dynamics of dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells depend on the length of the linker connecting the molecular photosensitizer to the metal oxide electron acceptor. However, systematic studies of the effect of chromophore–oxide distance are scarce. In this work, we present the synthesis, characterization, spectroscopy, and computational modeling of electron-injection dynamics from free-base trimesitylporphyrins with varying linker lengths into tin(IV) oxide (SnO2). In each system, the porphyrin core and metal oxide film remain the same while only the linker binding the porphyrin to the carboxylate anchor group is varied. A length range spanning 8.5–17.2 Å is studied by employing phenylene, biphenylene, terphenylene, and benzanilide groups as the linker. We find a clear correlation between linker length and injection rates, providing insights that will be exploited in the optimization of dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07855},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},
number = 41,
volume = 121,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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