Photoinduced intermolecular electron transfer between oligo(p-phenylene vinylene)s and N-methylfulleropyrrolidine in a polar solvent

P.A. Hal, van, E.H.A. Beckers, E. Peeters, J.J. Apperloo, R.A.J. Janssen

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Abstract

Photoinduced intermolecular electron transfer in mixtures of oligo(p-phenylene vinylene)s (OPVns, with n=2¿7, the number of phenyl rings) and N-methylfulleropyrrolidine (MP-C60) is studied in o-dichlorobenzene. Photoinduced absorption (PIA) spectroscopy is used to show that photoexcitation of MP-C60 generates the corresponding triplet state, which is quenched in a one-electron reduction reaction by OPVn for n>2. The electronic transitions of the photogenerated OPVn+. radical cations evolve with conjugation length in a near linear relation with 1/n. Charge transfer in these donor¿acceptor systems for n>2 is in full agreement with the calculated change in free energy for charge separation
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)403-408
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume328
Issue number4-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000

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