Synthesis and Electron-Transfer Processes in a New Family of Ligands for Coupled Ru-Mn-2 Complexes
Journal article, 2014

A series of [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+)-type (bpy= 2,2'-bipyridine) photosensitisers have been coupled to a ligand for Mn, which is expected to give a dinuclear complex that is active as a water oxidation catalyst. Unexpectedly, photophysical studies showed that the assemblies had very short lived excited states and that the decay patterns were complex and strongly dependent on pH. One dyad was prepared that was capable of catalysing chemical water oxidation by using [Ru(bpy)(3)](3+) as an oxidant. However, photochemical water oxidation in the presence of an external electron acceptor failed, presumably because the short excited-state lifetime precluded initial electron transfer to the added acceptor. The photophysical behaviour could be explained by the presence of an intricate excited-state manifold, as also suggested by time-dependent DFT calculations.

photophysics

manganese

electron transfer

quantum chemistry

water splitting

Author

E. A. Karlsson

Stockholm University

B. L. Lee

Stockholm University

R. Z. Liao

Stockholm University

T. Akermark

Stockholm University

M. D. Karkas

Stockholm University

Valeria Saavedra

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

P. E. M. Siegbahn

Stockholm University

X. D. Zou

Stockholm University

Maria Abrahamsson

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

B. Akermark

Stockholm University

ChemPlusChem

21926506 (eISSN)

Vol. 79 7 936-950

Areas of Advance

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Energy

Materials Science

Subject Categories

Physical Chemistry

DOI

10.1002/cplu.201402006

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