Issue 1, 2021

Electron spin-controlled charge transfer and the resulting long-lived charge transfer state: from transition metal complexes to organic compounds

Abstract

The generation of long-lived charge transfer (CT) states in electron donor/acceptor dyads upon photoexcitation is crucial for artificial photosynthesis, photocatalysis and photovoltaics. Electron spin control is a novel strategy to prolong the CT state lifetime via generation of the 3CT triplet state, instead of the traditional short-lived 1CT state. This method involves a local triplet excited state (3LE) as the precursor of charge separation (CS), and the electron forbidden feature of the charge recombination (CR) of 3CT → S0vs. the electron spin allowed 1CT → S0 prolongs the CT state lifetime. In this article, we summarized the recent developments and challenges in this emerging fascinating area.

Graphical abstract: Electron spin-controlled charge transfer and the resulting long-lived charge transfer state: from transition metal complexes to organic compounds

Article information

Article type
Frontier
Submitted
30 אוק 2020
Accepted
30 נוב 2020
First published
09 דצמ 2020

Dalton Trans., 2021,50, 59-67

Electron spin-controlled charge transfer and the resulting long-lived charge transfer state: from transition metal complexes to organic compounds

X. Zhang, X. Chen and J. Zhao, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 59 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT03737K

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