Photoinduced electron transfer in non-covalent complexes of C60 and phosphangulene oxide derivatives

Abstract

Investigation of photoinduced electron transfer (PET) in a series of experimentally reported complexes of fullerene with phosphangulene oxides shows that the replacement of O atoms in the bridge of phosphangulene with S atoms promotes efficient and ultrafast ET from phosphangulene oxide to fullerene in PGO^OSS⊃C₆₀ and PGO^SSS⊃C₆₀ complexes. The results obtained can be useful for the development of photovoltaic devices based on phosphangulenes.