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Pattadar D, Arcidiacono A, Beery D, Hanson K, Saavedra SS. Molecular Orientation and Energy Transfer Dynamics of a Metal Oxide Bound Self-Assembled Trilayer. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:10670-10679. [PMID: 37466635 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Self-assembly of molecular multilayers via metal ion linkages has become an important strategy for interfacial engineering of metalloid and metal oxide (MOx) substrates, with applications in numerous areas, including energy harvesting, catalysis, and chemical sensing. An important aspect for the rational design of these multilayers is knowledge of the molecular structure-function relationships. For example, in a multilayer composed of different chromophores in each layer, the molecular orientation of each layer, both relative to the adjacent layers and the substrate, influences the efficiency of vectorial energy and electron transfer. Here, we describe an approach using UV-vis attenuated total reflection (ATR) spectroscopy to determine the mean dipole tilt angle of chromophores in each layer in a metal ion-linked trilayer self-assembled on indium-tin oxide. To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the measurement of the orientation of three different chromophores in a single assembly. The ATR approach allows the adsorption of each layer to be monitored in real-time, and any changes in the orientation of an underlying layer arising from the adsorption of an overlying layer can be detected. We also performed transient absorption spectroscopy to monitor interlayer energy transfer dynamics in order to relate structure to function. We found that near unity efficiency, sub-nanosecond energy transfer between the third and second layer was primarily dictated by the distance between the chromophores. Thus, in this case, the orientation had minimal impact at such proximity.
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- Dhruba Pattadar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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Xu X, Li Y, Liu C, Zhang P, Fan K, Wu X, Shan Y, Li F. Optimized H 2-evolving dye-sensitized LaFeO 3 photocathodes prepared via the layer-by-layer assembly of dyes and catalysts. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:5848-5853. [PMID: 37092596 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00542a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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A molecular dye and a molecular catalyst were loaded onto the surface of a mesoporous LaFeO3 (LFO) film via layer-by-layer assembly relying on the coordination of phosphates and Zr4+. After assembling six layers of the dye and four layers of the catalyst, the (NiP-4 + PQA-6)@LFO photocathode exhibited a significant photocurrent for light-driven H2 generation.
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- Ximeng Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, China.
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Cheshire TP, Boodry J, Kober EA, Brennaman MK, Giokas PG, Zigler DF, Moran AM, Papanikolas JM, Meyer GJ, Meyer TJ, Houle FA. A quantitative model of charge injection by ruthenium chromophores connecting femtosecond to continuous irradiance conditions. J Chem Phys 2022; 157:244703. [PMID: 36586990 DOI: 10.1063/5.0127852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A kinetic framework for the ultrafast photophysics of tris(2,2-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) phosphonated and methyl-phosphonated derivatives is used as a basis for modeling charge injection by ruthenium dyes into a semiconductor substrate. By including the effects of light scattering, dye diffusion, and adsorption kinetics during sample preparation and the optical response of oxidized dyes, quantitative agreement with multiple transient absorption datasets is achieved on timescales spanning femtoseconds to nanoseconds. In particular, quantitative agreement with important spectroscopic handles-the decay of an excited state absorption signal component associated with charge injection in the UV region of the spectrum and the dynamical redshift of a ∼500 nm isosbestic point-validates our kinetic model. Pseudo-first-order rate coefficients for charge injection are estimated in this work, with an order of magnitude ranging from 1011 to 1012 s-1. The model makes the minimalist assumption that all excited states of a particular dye have the same charge injection coefficient, an assumption that would benefit from additional theoretical and experimental exploration. We have adapted this kinetic model to predict charge injection under continuous solar irradiation and find that as many as 68 electron transfer events per dye per second take place, significantly more than prior estimates in the literature.
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- Thomas P Cheshire
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Coherent Inc., 5100 Patrick Henry Dr., Santa Clara, California 95054, USA
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- Chemistry & Biochemistry Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California 93407, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Nanosecond heme-to-heme electron transfer rates in a multiheme cytochrome nanowire reported by a spectrally unique His/Met-ligated heme. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2107939118. [PMID: 34556577 PMCID: PMC8488605 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107939118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Multiheme cytochromes have been identified as essential proteins for electron exchange between bacterial enzymes and redox substrates outside of the cell. In microbiology, these proteins contribute to efficient energy storage and conversion. For biotechnology, multiheme cytochromes contribute to the production of green fuels and electricity. Furthermore, these proteins inspire the design of molecular-scale electronic devices. Here, we report exceptionally high rates of heme-to-heme electron transfer in a multiheme cytochrome. We expect similarly high rates, among the highest reported for ground-state electron transfer in biology, in other multiheme cytochromes as the close-packed hemes adopt similar configurations despite very different amino acid sequences and protein folds. Proteins achieve efficient energy storage and conversion through electron transfer along a series of redox cofactors. Multiheme cytochromes are notable examples. These proteins transfer electrons over distance scales of several nanometers to >10 μm and in so doing they couple cellular metabolism with extracellular redox partners including electrodes. Here, we report pump-probe spectroscopy that provides a direct measure of the intrinsic rates of heme–heme electron transfer in this fascinating class of proteins. Our study took advantage of a spectrally unique His/Met-ligated heme introduced at a defined site within the decaheme extracellular MtrC protein of Shewanella oneidensis. We observed rates of heme-to-heme electron transfer on the order of 109 s−1 (3.7 to 4.3 Å edge-to-edge distance), in good agreement with predictions based on density functional and molecular dynamics calculations. These rates are among the highest reported for ground-state electron transfer in biology. Yet, some fall 2 to 3 orders of magnitude below the Moser–Dutton ruler because electron transfer at these short distances is through space and therefore associated with a higher tunneling barrier than the through-protein tunneling scenario that is usual at longer distances. Moreover, we show that the His/Met-ligated heme creates an electron sink that stabilizes the charge separated state on the 100-μs time scale. This feature could be exploited in future designs of multiheme cytochromes as components of versatile photosynthetic biohybrid assemblies.
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Razmgar K, Altarawneh M, Oluwoye I, Senanayake G. Ceria-Based Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation Reactions: A Critical Review. CATALYSIS SURVEYS FROM ASIA 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10563-020-09319-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Arcidiacono A, Zhou Y, Zhang W, Ellison JO, Ayad S, Knorr ES, Peters AN, Zheng L, Yang W, Saavedra SS, Hanson K. Examining the influence of bilayer structure on energy transfer and molecular photon upconversion in metal ion linked multilayers. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2020; 124:23597-23610. [PMID: 33354274 PMCID: PMC7750814 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c08715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Metal ion linked multilayers is a unique motif to spatially control and geometrically restrict molecules on a metal oxide surface and is of interest in a number of promising applications. Here we use a bilayer composed of a metal oxide surface, an anthracene annihilator molecule, Zn(II) linking ion, and porphyrin sensitizers to probe the influence of the position of the metal ion binding site on energy transfer, photon upconversion, and photocurrent generation. Despite being energetically similar, varying the position of the carboxy metal ion binding group (i.e. ortho, meta, para) of the Pt(II) tetraphenyl porphyrin sensitizer had a large impact on energy transfer rates and upconverted photocurrent that can be attributed to differences in their geometries. From polarized attenuated total reflectance measurements of the bilayers on ITO, we found that the orientation of the first layer (anthracene) was largely unperturbed by subsequent layers. However, the tilt angle of the porphyrin plane varies dramatically from 41° to 64° to 57° for the para-, meta-, and ortho-COOH substituted porphyrin molecules, which is likely responsible for the variation in energy transfer rates. We go on to show using molecular dynamics simulations that there is considerable flexibility in porphyrin orientation, indicating that an average structure is insufficient to predict the ensemble behavior. Instead, even a small subset of the population with highly favorable energy transfer rates can be the primary driver in increasing the likelihood of energy transfer. Gaining control of the orientation and its distribution will be a critical step in maximizing the potential of the metal ion linked structures.
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- Ashley Arcidiacono
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
- Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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Robb AJ, Knorr ES, Watson N, Hanson K. Metal ion linked multilayers on mesoporous substrates: Energy/electron transfer, photon upconversion, and more. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.112291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Liang X, Cao X, Sun W, Ding Y. Recent Progress in Visible Light Driven Water Oxidation Using Semiconductors Coupled with Molecular Catalysts. ChemCatChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201901510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Xiangming Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou University Tianshui South Road 222 Lanzhou 730000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou University Tianshui South Road 222 Lanzhou 730000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou University Tianshui South Road 222 Lanzhou 730000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou University Tianshui South Road 222 Lanzhou 730000 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation Lanzhou Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Middle Tianshui Road 18 Lanzhou 730000 P. R. China
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van Wonderen JH, Hall CR, Jiang X, Adamczyk K, Carof A, Heisler I, Piper SEH, Clarke TA, Watmough NJ, Sazanovich IV, Towrie M, Meech SR, Blumberger J, Butt JN. Ultrafast Light-Driven Electron Transfer in a Ru(II)tris(bipyridine)-Labeled Multiheme Cytochrome. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:15190-15200. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Jessica H. van Wonderen
- School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Thomas-Young Centre, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Thomas-Young Centre, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Thomas-Young Centre, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- Institute for Advanced Study, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 2 a, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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Shatskiy A, Bardin AA, Oschmann M, Matheu R, Benet-Buchholz J, Eriksson L, Kärkäs MD, Johnston EV, Gimbert-Suriñach C, Llobet A, Åkermark B. Electrochemically Driven Water Oxidation by a Highly Active Ruthenium-Based Catalyst. CHEMSUSCHEM 2019; 12:2251-2262. [PMID: 30759324 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201900097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The highly active ruthenium-based water oxidation catalyst [RuX (mcbp)(OHn )(py)2 ] [mcbp2- =2,6-bis(1-methyl-4-(carboxylate)benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine; n=2, 1, and 0 for X=II, III, and IV, respectively], can be generated in a mixture of RuIII and RuIV states from either [RuII (mcbp)(py)2 ] or [RuIII (Hmcbp)(py)2 ]2+ precursors. The precursor complexes are isolated and characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis, NMR, UV/Vis, EPR, and FTIR spectroscopy, ESI-HRMS, and elemental analysis, and their redox properties are studied in detail by electrochemical and spectroscopic methods. Unlike the parent catalyst [Ru(tda) (py)2 ] (tda2- =[2,2':6',2''-terpyridine]-6,6''-dicarboxylate), for which full transformation into the catalytically active species [RuIV (tda)(O)(py)2 ] could not be carried out, stoichiometric generation of the catalytically active Ru-aqua complex [RuX (mcbp)(OHn )(py)2 ] from the RuII precursor was achieved under mild conditions (pH 7.0) and short reaction times. The redox properties of the catalyst were studied and its activity for electrocatalytic water oxidation was evaluated, reaching a maximum turnover frequency (TOFmax ) of around 40 000 s-1 at pH 9.0 (from foot-of-the-wave analysis), which is comparable to the activity of the state-of-the-art catalyst [RuIV (tda)(O)(py)2 ].
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- Andrey Shatskiy
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
- Current address: Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Semenov's Prospect 1g, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avinguda Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avinguda Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
- Current address: Sigrid Therapeutics AB, Sankt Göransgatan 159, 11217, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avinguda Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avinguda Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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Wang D, Wang Y, Brady MD, Sheridan MV, Sherman BD, Farnum BH, Liu Y, Marquard SL, Meyer GJ, Dares CJ, Meyer TJ. A donor-chromophore-catalyst assembly for solar CO 2 reduction. Chem Sci 2019; 10:4436-4444. [PMID: 31057771 PMCID: PMC6482438 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc03316a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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We describe here the preparation and characterization of a photocathode assembly for CO2 reduction to CO in 0.1 M LiClO4 acetonitrile.
We describe here the preparation and characterization of a photocathode assembly for CO2 reduction to CO in 0.1 M LiClO4 acetonitrile. The assembly was formed on 1.0 μm thick mesoporous films of NiO using a layer-by-layer procedure based on Zr(iv)–phosphonate bridging units. The structure of the Zr(iv) bridged assembly, abbreviated as NiO|-DA-RuCP22+-Re(i), where DA is the dianiline-based electron donor (N,N,N′,N′-((CH2)3PO3H2)4-4,4′-dianiline), RuCP2+ is the light absorber [Ru((4,4′-(PO3H2CH2)2-2,2′-bipyridine)(2,2′-bipyridine))2]2+, and Re(i) is the CO2 reduction catalyst, ReI((4,4′-PO3H2CH2)2-2,2′-bipyridine)(CO)3Cl. Visible light excitation of the assembly in CO2 saturated solution resulted in CO2 reduction to CO. A steady-state photocurrent density of 65 μA cm–2 was achieved under one sun illumination and an IPCE value of 1.9% was obtained with 450 nm illumination. The importance of the DA aniline donor in the assembly as an initial site for reduction of the RuCP2+ excited state was demonstrated by an 8 times higher photocurrent generated with DA present in the surface film compared to a control without DA. Nanosecond transient absorption measurements showed that the expected reduced one-electron intermediate, RuCP+, was formed on a sub-nanosecond time scale with back electron transfer to the electrode on the microsecond timescale which competes with forward electron transfer to the Re(i) catalyst at t1/2 = 2.6 μs (kET = 2.7 × 105 s–1).
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- Degao Wang
- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Texas Christian University , Fort Worth , Texas 76129 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Florida International University , 11200 SW Eighth Street , Miami , Florida 33199 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , USA .
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Natali M, Nastasi F, Puntoriero F, Sartorel A. Mechanistic Insights into Light‐Activated Catalysis for Water Oxidation. Eur J Inorg Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201801236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Mirco Natali
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Ferrara Via L. Borsari 46 44121 Ferrara Italy
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- Department of Chemical Biological University of Messina Via Sperone 31 98166 Messina Italy
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- Department of Chemical Biological University of Messina Via Sperone 31 98166 Messina Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences Biological University of Padova Via Marzolo 1 35131 Padova Italy
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Yang T, Yin H, Gao LH, Wang KZ, Yan D. Recent advances in electrodes modified with ruthenium complexes for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water oxidation. ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.adioch.2019.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Grądzka I, Gierszewski M, Karolczak J, Ziółek M. Comparison of charge transfer dynamics in polypyridyl ruthenium sensitizers for solar cells and water splitting systems. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:7710-7720. [PMID: 29498393 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00258d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Standard ruthenium components of dye-sensitized solar cells (sensitizer N719) and dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells (sensitizer RuP and water oxidation catalyst RuOEC) are investigated in the same solar cell configuration to compare their photodynamics and charge separation efficiency. The samples are studied on time scales from femtoseconds to seconds by means of transient absorption, time-resolved emission and electrochemical impedance measurements. RuP shows significantly slower electron injection into a mesoporous titania electrode and enhanced fast (sub-ns) electron recombination with respect to those of N719. Moreover, RuOEC is found to be responsible for partial light absorption and electron injection with low efficiency. The obtained results reveal new insights into the reasons for the lower charge separation efficiency in water splitting systems with respect to that in solar cells. The important role of the initial processes occurring at the dye-titania interface within the first nanoseconds in this efficiency is emphasized.
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- Iwona Grądzka
- Quantum Electronics Laboratory, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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Ding X, Zhang L, Wang Y, Liu A, Gao Y. Design of photoanode-based dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells assembling with transition metal complexes for visible light-induced water splitting. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wang JC, Hill SP, Dilbeck T, Ogunsolu OO, Banerjee T, Hanson K. Multimolecular assemblies on high surface area metal oxides and their role in interfacial energy and electron transfer. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:104-148. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00565b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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High surface area metal oxides offer a unique substrate for the assembly of multiple molecular components at an interface.
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- Jamie C. Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida State University
- Tallahassee
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida State University
- Tallahassee
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida State University
- Tallahassee
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida State University
- Tallahassee
- USA
- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida State University
- Tallahassee
- USA
- Materials Science and Engineering
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Alibabaei L, Dillon RJ, Reilly CE, Brennaman MK, Wee KR, Marquard SL, Papanikolas JM, Meyer TJ. Chromophore-Catalyst Assembly for Water Oxidation Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:39018-39026. [PMID: 29035504 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b11905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Visible-light-driven water splitting was investigated in a dye sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell (DSPEC) based on a photoanode with a phosphonic acid-derivatized donor-π-acceptor (D-π-A) organic chromophore, 1, and the water oxidation catalyst [Ru(bda)(4-O(CH2)3P(O3H2)2-pyr)2], 2, (pyr = pyridine; bda = 2,2'-bipyridine-6,6'-dicarboxylate). The photoanode was prepared by using a layering strategy beginning with the organic dye anchored to an FTO|core/shell electrode, atomic layer deposition (ALD) of a thin layer (<1 nm) of TiO2, and catalyst binding through phosphonate linkage to the TiO2 layer. Device performance was evaluated by photocurrent measurements for core/shell photoanodes, with either SnO2 or nanoITO core materials, in acetate-buffered, aqueous solutions at pH 4.6 or 5.7. The absolute magnitudes of photocurrent changes with the core material, TiO2 spacer layer thickness, or pH, observed photocurrents were 2.5-fold higher in the presence of catalyst. The results of transient absorption measurements and DFT calculations show that electron injection by the photoexcited organic dye is ultrafast promoted by electronic interactions enabled by orientation of the dye's molecular orbitals on the electrode surface. Rapid injection is followed by recombination with the oxidized dye which is 95% complete by 1.5 ns. Although chromophore decomposition limits the efficiency of the DSPEC devices toward O2 production, the flexibility of the strategy presented here offers a new approach to photoanode design.
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- Leila Alibabaei
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Wang JC, Violette K, Ogunsolu OO, Cekli S, Lambers E, Fares HM, Hanson K. Self-Assembled Bilayers on Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides: Exploring the Non-Innocent Nature of the Linking Ions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:9609-9619. [PMID: 28821211 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Self-assembled bilayers on nanocrystalline metal oxide films are an increasingly popular strategy for modulating electron and energy transfer at dye-semiconductor interfaces. A majority of the work to date has relied on ZrII and ZnIV linking ions to assemble the films. In this report, we demonstrate that several different cations (CdII, CuII, FeII, LaIII, MnII, and SnIV) are not only effective in generating the bilayer assemblies but also have a profound influence on the stability and photophysical properties of the films. Bilayer films with ZrIV ions exhibited the highest photostability on both TiO2 and ZrO2. Despite the metal ions having a minimal influence on the absorption/emission energies and oxidation potentials of the dye, bilayers composed of CuII, FeII, and MnII exhibit significant excited-state quenching. The excited-state quenching decreases the electron injection yield but also, for CuII and MnII bilayers, significantly slows the back electron transfer kinetics.
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- Jamie C Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Materials Science and Engineering, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and ∥Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Materials Science and Engineering, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and ∥Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Materials Science and Engineering, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and ∥Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Materials Science and Engineering, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and ∥Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Materials Science and Engineering, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and ∥Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Materials Science and Engineering, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and ∥Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Materials Science and Engineering, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and ∥Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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Alibabaei L, Brennaman MK, Meyer TJ. Light-Driven Water Splitting in the Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cell. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5924-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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Morseth ZA, Pho TV, Sheridan MV, Meyer TJ, Schanze KS, Reynolds JR, Papanikolas JM. Interfacial Dynamics within an Organic Chromophore-Based Water Oxidation Molecular Assembly. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:16651-16659. [PMID: 28441864 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b02713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Photoinduced electron injection, intra-assembly electron transfer, and back-electron transfer are investigated in a single-site molecular assembly formed by covalently linking a phosphonated terthiophene (T3) chromophore to a Ru(terpyridine)(bipyridine)(L)2+ (L = MeCN or H2O) water oxidation catalyst adsorbed onto a mesoporous metal-oxide (MOx) film. Density functional theory calculations of the T3-trpy-Ru-L assembly indicate that the molecular components are strongly coupled with enhanced low-energy absorptions owing to the presence of an intraligand charge transfer (ILCT) transition between the T3 and trpy moieties. Ultrafast spectroscopy of the MOx//T3-trpy-Ru-L assemblies reveals that excitation of the surface-bound T3 chromophore results in ps-ns electron injection into the metal-oxide conduction band. Electron injection is followed by rapid (<35 ps) intra-assembly electron transfer from the RuII catalyst to regenerate the T3 chromophore with subsequent back-electron transfer on the microsecond time scale.
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- Zachary A Morseth
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics, Georgia Tech Polymer Network, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio , San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics, Georgia Tech Polymer Network, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Shaffer DW, Xie Y, Concepcion JJ. O–O bond formation in ruthenium-catalyzed water oxidation: single-site nucleophilic attack vs. O–O radical coupling. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:6170-6193. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00542c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A review of water oxidation by ruthenium-based molecular catalysts, with emphasis on the mechanism of O–O bond formation.
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- Chemistry Division
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Upton
- USA
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Wang JC, Violette K, Ogunsolu OO, Hanson K. Metal ion mediated electron transfer at dye–semiconductor interfaces. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:2679-2682. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07939c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Metal linking ions in self-assembled bilayers have a strong influence on the electron transfer events at dye–semiconductor interfaces.
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- Jamie C. Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida State University
- Tallahassee
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida State University
- Tallahassee
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida State University
- Tallahassee
- USA
- Materials Science and Engineering
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Gish MK, Lapides AM, Brennaman MK, Templeton JL, Meyer TJ, Papanikolas JM. Ultrafast Recombination Dynamics in Dye-Sensitized SnO 2/TiO 2 Core/Shell Films. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:5297-5301. [PMID: 27973875 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Interfacial dynamics are investigated in SnO2/TiO2 core/shell films derivatized with a Ru(II)-polypyridyl chromophore ([RuII(bpy)2(4,4'-(PO3H2)2bpy)]2+, RuP) using transient absorption methods. Electron injection from the chromophore into the TiO2 shell occurs within a few picoseconds after photoexcitation. Loss of the oxidized dye through recombination occurs across time scales spanning 10 orders of magnitude. The majority (60%) of charge recombination events occur shortly after injection (τ = 220 ps), while a small fraction (≤20%) of the oxidized chromophores persists for milliseconds. The lifetime of long-lived charge-separated states (CSS) depends exponentially on shell thickness, suggesting that the injected electrons reside in the SnO2 core and must tunnel through the TiO2 shell to recombine with oxidized dyes. While the core/shell architecture extends the lifetime in a small fraction of the CSS, making water oxidation possible, the subnanosecond recombination process has profound implications for the overall efficiencies of dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cells (DSPECs).
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- Melissa K Gish
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Ogunsolu OO, Murphy IA, Wang JC, Das A, Hanson K. Energy and Electron Transfer Cascade in Self-Assembled Bilayer Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:28633-28640. [PMID: 27700038 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Current high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) rely on the incorporation of multiple chromophores, via either codeposition or preformed assemblies, as a means of increasing broad band light absorption. These strategies have some inherent limitations including decreased total light absorption by each of the dyes, low surface loadings, and complex synthetic procedures. In this report, we introduce an alternative strategy, self-assembled bilayers, as a simple, stepwise method of incorporating two complementary chromophores into a DSSC. The bilayer devices exhibit a 10% increase in Jsc, Voc, and η over the monolayer devices due to increased incident photon-to-electron conversion efficiency across the entire visible spectrum and slowed recombination losses at the interface. Directional energy and electron transfer toward the metal oxide surface are key steps in the bilayer photon-to-current generation process. These results are important as they open the door to a new architecture for harnessing broadband light in dye-sensitized devices.
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- Omotola O Ogunsolu
- Materials Science and Engineering and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Yamamoto M, Tanaka K. Artificial Molecular Photosynthetic Systems: Towards Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Chempluschem 2016; 81:1028-1044. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201600236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Masanori Yamamoto
- Department of Molecular Engineering; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Advanced Chemical Technology Center in Kyoto; Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences; Kyoto University; Jibucho 105, Fushimi-ku Kyoto 612-8374 Japan
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Brennaman MK, Dillon RJ, Alibabaei L, Gish MK, Dares CJ, Ashford DL, House RL, Meyer GJ, Papanikolas JM, Meyer TJ. Finding the Way to Solar Fuels with Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cells. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:13085-13102. [PMID: 27654634 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b06466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell (DSPEC) integrates high bandgap, nanoparticle oxide semiconductors with the light-absorbing and catalytic properties of designed chromophore-catalyst assemblies. The goals are photoelectrochemical water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen and reduction of CO2 by water to give oxygen and carbon-based fuels. Solar-driven water oxidation occurs at a photoanode and water or CO2 reduction at a cathode or photocathode initiated by molecular-level light absorption. Light absorption is followed by electron or hole injection, catalyst activation, and catalytic water oxidation or water/CO2 reduction. The DSPEC is of recent origin but significant progress has been made. It has the potential to play an important role in our energy future.
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- M Kyle Brennaman
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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Beauvilliers EE, Meyer GJ. Evidence for Cation-Controlled Excited-State Localization in a Ruthenium Polypyridyl Compound. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:7517-26. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Evan E. Beauvilliers
- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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Zigler DF, Morseth ZA, Wang L, Ashford DL, Brennaman MK, Grumstrup EM, Brigham EC, Gish MK, Dillon RJ, Alibabaei L, Meyer GJ, Meyer TJ, Papanikolas JM. Disentangling the Physical Processes Responsible for the Kinetic Complexity in Interfacial Electron Transfer of Excited Ru(II) Polypyridyl Dyes on TiO2. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:4426-38. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- David F. Zigler
- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Leem G, Morseth ZA, Wee KR, Jiang J, Brennaman MK, Papanikolas JM, Schanze KS. Polymer-Based Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Chromophores on TiO2 for Solar Energy Conversion. Chem Asian J 2016; 11:1257-67. [PMID: 26854269 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201501384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A polychromophoric light-harvesting assembly featuring a polystyrene (PS) backbone with ionic carboxylate-functionalized Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes as pendant groups (PS-Ru-A) was synthesized and successfully anchored onto mesoporous structured TiO2 films (TiO2 //PS-Ru-A). Studies of the resulting TiO2 //PS-Ru-A films carried out by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM) confirmed that the ionic carboxylated Ru(II) complexes from PS-Ru-A led to the surface immobilization on the TiO2 film. Monochromatic light photocurrent spectroscopy (IPCE) and white light (AM1.5G) current-voltage studies of dye-sensitized solar cells using the TiO2 //PS-Ru-A photoanode give rise to modest photocurrent and white light efficiency (24 % peak IPCE and 0.33 % PCE, respectively). The photostability of surface-bound TiO2 //PS-Ru-A films was tested and compared to a monomeric Ru(II) complex (TiO2 //Ru-A), showing an enhancement of ∼14 % in the photostability of PS-Ru-A. Transient absorption measurements reveal that electron injection from surface-bound pendants occurs on the picosecond time scale, similar to TiO2 //Ru-A, while time-resolved emission measurements reveal delayed electron injection occurring in TiO2 //PS-Ru-A on the nanosecond time scale, underscoring energy transport from unbound to surface-bound complexes. Additionally, charge recombination is delayed in PS-Ru-A, pointing towards intra-assembly hole transport to complexes away from the surface. Molecular dynamics simulations of PS-Ru-A in fluid solution indicate that a majority of the pendant Ru(II) complexes lie within 10-20 Å of each other, facilitating efficient energy- and charge transport among the pendant complexes.
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- Gyu Leem
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, United States.
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Francàs L, Richmond C, Garrido-Barros P, Planas N, Roeser S, Benet-Buchholz J, Escriche L, Sala X, Llobet A. Ru-bis(pyridine)pyrazolate (bpp)-Based Water-Oxidation Catalysts Anchored on TiO2
: The Importance of the Nature and Position of the Anchoring Group. Chemistry 2016; 22:5261-8. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Laia Francàs
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ); Av. Països Catalans 16 43007 Tarragona Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ); Av. Països Catalans 16 43007 Tarragona Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ); Av. Països Catalans 16 43007 Tarragona Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ); Av. Països Catalans 16 43007 Tarragona Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ); Av. Països Catalans 16 43007 Tarragona Spain
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- Departament de Química; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193 Barcelona Spain
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- Departament de Química; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193 Barcelona Spain
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- Departament de Química; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193 Barcelona Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ); Av. Països Catalans 16 43007 Tarragona Spain
- Departament de Química; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193 Barcelona Spain
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Artificial photosynthesis: Where are we now? Where can we go? JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2015.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yamamoto M, Wang L, Li F, Fukushima T, Tanaka K, Sun L, Imahori H. Visible light-driven water oxidation using a covalently-linked molecular catalyst-sensitizer dyad assembled on a TiO 2 electrode. Chem Sci 2015; 7:1430-1439. [PMID: 29910901 PMCID: PMC5975926 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc03669k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The combination of porphyrin as a sensitizer and a ruthenium complex as a water oxidation catalyst (WOC) is promising to exploit highly efficient molecular artificial photosynthetic systems. A covalently-linked ruthenium-based WOC-zinc porphyrin (ZnP) sensitizer dyad was assembled on a TiO2 electrode for visible-light driven water oxidation. The water oxidation activity was found to be improved in comparison to the reference systems with the simple combination of the individual WOC and ZnP as well as with ZnP solely, demonstrating the advantage of the covalent linking approach over the non-covalent one. More importantly, via vectorial multi-step electron transfer triggered by visible light, the dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cell (DSPEC) achieved a broader PEC response in the visible region than DSPECs with conventional ruthenium-based sensitizers. Initial incident photon-to-current efficiencies of 18% at 424 nm and 6.4% at 564 nm were attained under monochromatic illumination and an external bias of -0.2 V vs. NHE. Fast electron transfer from the WOC to the photogenerated radical cation of the sensitizer through the covalent linkage may suppress undesirable charge recombination, realizing the moderate performance of water oxidation. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis of the photoanodes before and after the DSPEC operation suggested that most of the ruthenium species exist at higher oxidation states, implying that the insufficient oxidation potential of the ZnP moiety for further oxidizing the intermediate ruthenium species at the photoanode is at least the bottleneck of the system.
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- Masanori Yamamoto
- Department of Molecular Engineering , Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku , Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan .
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- Department of Chemistry , School of Chemical Science and Engineering , KTH Royal Institute of Technology , 100 44 Stockholm , Sweden .
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- Department of Chemistry , School of Chemical Science and Engineering , KTH Royal Institute of Technology , 100 44 Stockholm , Sweden .
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku , Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku , Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry , School of Chemical Science and Engineering , KTH Royal Institute of Technology , 100 44 Stockholm , Sweden .
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- Department of Molecular Engineering , Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku , Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan . .,Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku , Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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Ashford DL, Gish MK, Vannucci AK, Brennaman MK, Templeton JL, Papanikolas JM, Meyer TJ. Molecular Chromophore–Catalyst Assemblies for Solar Fuel Applications. Chem Rev 2015; 115:13006-49. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 363] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Dennis L. Ashford
- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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