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Time‐Resolved Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure of Mono‐and Dinuclear Pyridyl‐Triazole/DPEPhos‐Based Cu(I) Complexes
Author(s) -
Grupe Merten,
Boden Pit,
Di MartinoFumo Patrick,
Gui Xin,
Bruschi Cecilia,
Israil Roumany,
Schmitt Marcel,
Nieger Martin,
Gerhards Markus,
Klopper Wim,
Riehn Christoph,
Bizzarri Claudia,
Diller Rolf
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202102760
Subject(s) - spectroscopy , luminescence , ultrafast laser spectroscopy , photochemistry , absorption spectroscopy , chemistry , triplet state , materials science , crystallography , molecule , optoelectronics , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Chemical and spectroscopic characterization of the mononuclear photosensitizers [(DPEPhos)Cu(I)(MPyrT)] 0/+ ( CuL , CuLH ) and their dinuclear analogues ( Cu 2 L’ , Cu 2 L'H 2 ), backed by (TD)DFT and high‐level G W ‐Bethe‐Salpeter equation calculations, exemplifies the complex influence of charge, nuclearity and structural flexibility on UV‐induced photophysical pathways. Ultrafast transient absorption and step‐scan FTIR spectroscopy reveal flattening distortion in the triplet state of CuLH as controlled by charge, which also appears to have a large impact on the symmetry of the long‐lived triplet states in Cu 2 L’ and Cu 2 L'H 2 . Time‐resolved luminescence spectroscopy (solid state), supported by transient photodissociation spectroscopy (gas phase), confirm a lifetime of some tens of μs for the respective triplet states, as well as the energetics of thermally activated delayed luminescence, both being essential parameters for application of these materials based on earth‐abundant copper in photocatalysis and luminescent devices.