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Title: Tuning Photoexcited Charge Transfer in Imine-Linked Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks

Abstract

The generation of a long-lived charge-separated state in versatile π-conjugated two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (2D COFs), a process essential to extending their great potentials in advanced semiconducting applications, is yet fully elucidated. Herein, we report a systematic investigation of the photophysical properties of three highly crystalline imine-linked 2D COFs using steady-state and transient absorption spectroscopy accompanied by time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations. The different electron affinity between 5,5',5''-(1,3,5-benzenetriyl)-tris(2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde) (BTPA) and three tunable electron-donating/accepting triamine monomers dominated the formation of the excited state, charge transfer direction and lifetime. A prominent charge transfer from electron-rich 4,4',4''-triaminotriphenylamine (TAPA) to BTPA in COFTAPA-BTPA led to the long-lived charge-separated state, which was attributed to a greater degree of delocalization compared to the two other COFs. Furthermore, these results provide fundamental insight into the importance of structure-property correlation for designing advanced photoactive 2D COF materials with the efficient charge transfer and long-lived charge-separated state.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [2]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. China Univ. of Geosciences, Beijing (China); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
  2. Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI (United States)
  3. China Univ. of Geosciences, Beijing (China)
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1903130
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1865056; OSTI ID: 2335696
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0020122; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Charge transfer; Covalent organic framework; Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy; Imine linkage; Photoexcited dynamics; Diffraction; Excitons; Time dependant density functional theory; Monomers

Citation Formats

Feng, Tiantian, Streater, Daniel, Sun, Bing, Duisenova, Korlan, Wang, Dong, Liu, Yi, Huang, Jier, and Zhang, Jian. Tuning Photoexcited Charge Transfer in Imine-Linked Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04163.
Feng, Tiantian, Streater, Daniel, Sun, Bing, Duisenova, Korlan, Wang, Dong, Liu, Yi, Huang, Jier, & Zhang, Jian. Tuning Photoexcited Charge Transfer in Imine-Linked Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04163
Feng, Tiantian, Streater, Daniel, Sun, Bing, Duisenova, Korlan, Wang, Dong, Liu, Yi, Huang, Jier, and Zhang, Jian. Fri . "Tuning Photoexcited Charge Transfer in Imine-Linked Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04163. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1903130.
@article{osti_1903130,
title = {Tuning Photoexcited Charge Transfer in Imine-Linked Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks},
author = {Feng, Tiantian and Streater, Daniel and Sun, Bing and Duisenova, Korlan and Wang, Dong and Liu, Yi and Huang, Jier and Zhang, Jian},
abstractNote = {The generation of a long-lived charge-separated state in versatile π-conjugated two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (2D COFs), a process essential to extending their great potentials in advanced semiconducting applications, is yet fully elucidated. Herein, we report a systematic investigation of the photophysical properties of three highly crystalline imine-linked 2D COFs using steady-state and transient absorption spectroscopy accompanied by time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations. The different electron affinity between 5,5',5''-(1,3,5-benzenetriyl)-tris(2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde) (BTPA) and three tunable electron-donating/accepting triamine monomers dominated the formation of the excited state, charge transfer direction and lifetime. A prominent charge transfer from electron-rich 4,4',4''-triaminotriphenylamine (TAPA) to BTPA in COFTAPA-BTPA led to the long-lived charge-separated state, which was attributed to a greater degree of delocalization compared to the two other COFs. Furthermore, these results provide fundamental insight into the importance of structure-property correlation for designing advanced photoactive 2D COF materials with the efficient charge transfer and long-lived charge-separated state.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04163},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},
number = 6,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Fri Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2022}
}

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