期刊
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
卷 61, 期 27, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202322
关键词
Charge Transfer; Cobalt Cage Complexes; Metal Cage Complexes; Quantum Dots; Time-Resolved Photoluminescence
资金
- U.S. National Science Foundation TNSCORE NSF [EPS 1004083]
- Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering
- U.S. National Science Foundation [CHE 1506587]
- Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Australian Research Council [DP190103158]
Light-induced charge separation plays a crucial role in solar harvesting technologies, and the internal reorganization energy has a profound impact on charge transfer rates. Experimental and theoretical studies demonstrate that reducing the reorganization energy can greatly increase charge transfer rates, even more significantly than the driving force. This suggests that careful design of redox mediators to minimize reorganization energy is a promising approach to enhance the efficiency of quantum dot applications.
Light-induced charge separation is at the very heart of many solar harvesting technologies. The reduction of energetic barriers to charge separation and transfer increases the rate of separation and the overall efficiency of these technologies. Here we report that the internal reorganization energy of the redox acceptor, the movement of the atoms with changing charge, has a profound effect on the charge transfer rates from donor quantum dots. We experimentally studied and modelled with Marcus Theory charge transfer to cobalt complexes that have similar redox potentials covering 350 mV, but vastly different reorganization energies spanning 2 eV. While the driving force does influence the electron transfer rates, the reorganization energies had a far more profound effect, increasing charge transfer rates by several orders of magnitude. Our studies suggest that careful design of redox mediators to minimize reorganization energy is an untapped route to drastically increase the efficiency of quantum dot applications that feature charge transfer.
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