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INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 360, Issue 3, Pages 741-750Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2006.06.046
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artificial photosynthesis; electron transfer; light induced charge separation; ruthenium; manganese
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Success with artificial photosynthesis requires control of the photoinduced electron transfer reactions leading to charge-separated states. In this review, some new ideas to optimize such charge-separated states in ruthenium(II) polypyridyl based three-component systems with respect to: (1) long lifetimes and (2) ability to store sufficient energy for catalytic water splitting, are presented. To form long-lived charge-separated states, a manganese complex as electron donor and potential catalyst for water oxidation has been used. The recombination reaction is unusually slow because it occurs deep down in the Marcus normal region as a consequence of the large bond reorganization following the manganese oxidation. For the creation of high energy charge-separated states, a strategy using bichromophoric systems is presented. By consecutive excitations of the two chromophores, the formation of charge-separated states that lie higher in energy than either of the two excited states could in theory be achieved, the first results of which will be discussed in this review. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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