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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2016
Twisted donor-on-donor and acceptor-on-acceptor bicontinuous assembly in all-carbon pyren-1-ylace... more Twisted donor-on-donor and acceptor-on-acceptor bicontinuous assembly in all-carbon pyren-1-ylaceanthrylene (PA) dyad extends the survival time of the photoinduced radical ion-pair intermediates. Aceanthrylene, a functional analog of C70, acts as a versatile electron acceptor owing to its high electron affinity and visible light absorption. Antithetical trajectories of the excitons in the nonparallel π-ways led to persistent radical ion-pair intermediates in aggregated (τcr(A) ∼ 1.28 ns) vs monomeric (τcr(M) ≤ 110 fs) PA dyad as observed using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Marcus theory of charge transfer rates predicts an ambipolar transport characteristic in crystalline PA, thereby endorsing PA as an all-carbon DA hybrid for nonfullerene photovoltaic applications.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015
We report a nonparallel stacked arrangement of donor–acceptor (D–A) pairs for prolonging the life... more We report a nonparallel stacked arrangement of donor–acceptor (D–A) pairs for prolonging the lifetime of photoinduced charge-separated states. Hydrogen–hydrogen steric repulsion in naphthalimide-naphthalene (NIN) dyad destabilizes the planar geometry between the constituent units in solution/ground state. Sterically imposed nonplanar geometry of the dyad allows the access of nonparallel arrangement of the donor and acceptor stacks having triclinic space group in the crystalline state. Antiparallel trajectory of excitons in nonparallel D–A stacks can result in lower probability of geminate charge recombination, upon photoexcitation, thereby resulting in a long-lived charge-separated state. Upon photoexcitation of the NIN dyad, electron transfer from naphthalene to the singlet excited state of naphthalimide moiety results in radical ion pair intermediates that survive >10,000-fold longer in the aggregated state (τcra > 1.2 ns) as compared to that of monomeric dyad (τcrm < 110 fs), monitored using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012
Energy & Environmental Science, 2014
This work highlights the utility of π–π stacked self-assembly for enhanced survival time of charg... more This work highlights the utility of π–π stacked self-assembly for enhanced survival time of charge transfer intermediates upon photoexcitation of donor–acceptor systems.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2016
Twisted donor-on-donor and acceptor-on-acceptor bicontinuous assembly in all-carbon pyren-1-ylace... more Twisted donor-on-donor and acceptor-on-acceptor bicontinuous assembly in all-carbon pyren-1-ylaceanthrylene (PA) dyad extends the survival time of the photoinduced radical ion-pair intermediates. Aceanthrylene, a functional analog of C70, acts as a versatile electron acceptor owing to its high electron affinity and visible light absorption. Antithetical trajectories of the excitons in the nonparallel π-ways led to persistent radical ion-pair intermediates in aggregated (τcr(A) ∼ 1.28 ns) vs monomeric (τcr(M) ≤ 110 fs) PA dyad as observed using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Marcus theory of charge transfer rates predicts an ambipolar transport characteristic in crystalline PA, thereby endorsing PA as an all-carbon DA hybrid for nonfullerene photovoltaic applications.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015
We report a nonparallel stacked arrangement of donor–acceptor (D–A) pairs for prolonging the life... more We report a nonparallel stacked arrangement of donor–acceptor (D–A) pairs for prolonging the lifetime of photoinduced charge-separated states. Hydrogen–hydrogen steric repulsion in naphthalimide-naphthalene (NIN) dyad destabilizes the planar geometry between the constituent units in solution/ground state. Sterically imposed nonplanar geometry of the dyad allows the access of nonparallel arrangement of the donor and acceptor stacks having triclinic space group in the crystalline state. Antiparallel trajectory of excitons in nonparallel D–A stacks can result in lower probability of geminate charge recombination, upon photoexcitation, thereby resulting in a long-lived charge-separated state. Upon photoexcitation of the NIN dyad, electron transfer from naphthalene to the singlet excited state of naphthalimide moiety results in radical ion pair intermediates that survive >10,000-fold longer in the aggregated state (τcra > 1.2 ns) as compared to that of monomeric dyad (τcrm < 110 fs), monitored using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012
Energy & Environmental Science, 2014
This work highlights the utility of π–π stacked self-assembly for enhanced survival time of charg... more This work highlights the utility of π–π stacked self-assembly for enhanced survival time of charge transfer intermediates upon photoexcitation of donor–acceptor systems.