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INORGANICS
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/inorganics6040134
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copper photosensitizers; imidazo-phenanthroline ligands; Suzuki coupling; X-ray analysis; photophysics; structure-property relationships
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- German Research Foundation (DFG, Bonn, Germany) [SPP 2102, TS 330/4-1, KA 4671/2-1]
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The capture and storage of solar energy is a promising option to overcome current energy issues. To put such systems into practice, molecular photosensitizers should be based on abundant metals and possess a strong absorption capability for visible light. Therefore, a systematic series of four novel heteroleptic Cu(I) complexes of the type [((PP)-P-boolean AND)Cu((NN)-N-boolean AND)](+) (with (PP)-P-boolean AND = xantphos and (NN)-N-boolean AND = different diimine ligands) has been prepared. As an essential feature, these copper photosensitizers contain an imidazole moiety at the backbone of the diimine ligand, which increases the aromatic -system compared to phenanthroline type ligands. Moreover, 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-phenyl-1H-imidazo-[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline was used as a starting point and modular platform for gradually extended diimine ligands. Suzuki cross-coupling was applied to introduce different kind of substituents in the back of this ligand. Afterwards, a combination of NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray analysis, cyclic voltammetry, UV/vis and emission spectroscopy was used to investigate the structural, electrochemical and photophysical properties of these compounds. As a result, a reversible reduction, strongly increased extinction coefficients and significantly redshifted absorption maxima (>20 nm) were found compared to traditional Cu(I) photosensitizers without an imidazo moiety. Moreover, these compounds show a bright emission in the solid state.
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