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Ultrafast Excimer Formation and Solvent Controlled Symmetry Breaking Charge Separation in the Excitonically Coupled Subphthalocyanine Dimer
Author(s) -
Roy Palas,
Bressan Giovanni,
Gretton Jacob,
Cammidge Andrew N.,
Meech Stephen R.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202101572
Subject(s) - excited state , ultrafast laser spectroscopy , exciton , excimer , chemical physics , relaxation (psychology) , intramolecular force , femtosecond , chemistry , photochemistry , dimer , photoinduced charge separation , charge (physics) , singlet fission , femtochemistry , molecular physics , atomic physics , spectroscopy , triplet state , artificial photosynthesis , fluorescence , condensed matter physics , organic chemistry , optics , physics , psychology , social psychology , laser , quantum mechanics , photocatalysis , catalysis
Knowledge of the factors controlling excited state dynamics in excitonically coupled dimers and higher aggregates is critical for understanding natural and artificial solar energy conversion. In this work, we report ultrafast solvent polarity dependent excited state dynamics of the structurally well‐defined subphthalocyanine dimer, μ‐OSubPc 2 . Stationary electronic spectra demonstrate strong exciton coupling in μ‐OSubPc 2 . Femtosecond transient absorption measurements reveal ultrafast excimer formation from the initially excited exciton, mediated by intramolecular structural evolution. In polar solvents the excimer state decays directly through symmetry breaking charge transfer to form a charge separated state. Charge separation occurs under control of solvent orientational relaxation.