Electron-Donating Behavior of Few-Layer Graphene in Covalent Ensembles with Electron-Accepting Phthalocyanines
摘要:
We describe herein the first example of highly exfoliated graphene covalently linked to electron accepting phthalocyanines. The functionalization of the nanocarbon surface with alkylsulfonyl phthalocyanines was attained by means of a "click" chemistry protocol. The new ensemble was fully characterized (thermogravimetric analysis, atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and Raman, as well as ground-state absorption) and was studied in terms of electron donor-acceptor interactions in the ground and in the excited state. In particular, a series of steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy experiments demonstrated photoinduced electron transfer from the graphene to the electron-accepting phthalocyanines. This is the first example of an electron dono-acceptor nanoconjugate, that is, few-layer graphene/phthalocyanine, pinpointing the uncommon electron donating character of graphene.
Electron-Donating Behavior of Few-Layer Graphene in Covalent Ensembles with Electron-Accepting Phthalocyanines
摘要:
We describe herein the first example of highly exfoliated graphene covalently linked to electron accepting phthalocyanines. The functionalization of the nanocarbon surface with alkylsulfonyl phthalocyanines was attained by means of a "click" chemistry protocol. The new ensemble was fully characterized (thermogravimetric analysis, atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and Raman, as well as ground-state absorption) and was studied in terms of electron donor-acceptor interactions in the ground and in the excited state. In particular, a series of steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy experiments demonstrated photoinduced electron transfer from the graphene to the electron-accepting phthalocyanines. This is the first example of an electron dono-acceptor nanoconjugate, that is, few-layer graphene/phthalocyanine, pinpointing the uncommon electron donating character of graphene.
Combining Electron-Accepting Phthalocyanines and Nanorod-like CuO Electrodes for p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
作者:Oliver Langmar、Carolina R. Ganivet、Annkatrin Lennert、Rubén D. Costa、Gema de la Torre、Tomás Torres、Dirk M. Guldi
DOI:10.1002/anie.201501550
日期:2015.6.22
route is reported for the synthesis of two electron‐accepting phthalocyanines featuring linkers with different lengths as sensitizers for p‐type dye‐sensitized solarcells (DSSCs). Importantly, our devices based on novel nanorod‐like CuO photocathodes showed high efficiencies of up to 0.191 %: the highest value reported to date for CuO‐based DSSCs.