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Photo Petter Persson

Petter Persson

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Solvent control of charge transfer excited state relaxation pathways in [Fe(2,2′-bipyridine)(CN)4]2-

Author

  • Kasper S. Kjær
  • Kristjan Kunnus
  • Tobias C.B. Harlang
  • Tim B. Van Driel
  • Kathryn Ledbetter
  • Robert W. Hartsock
  • Marco E. Reinhard
  • Sergey Koroidov
  • Lin Li
  • Mads G. Laursen
  • Elisa Biasin
  • Frederik B. Hansen
  • Peter Vester
  • Morten Christensen
  • Kristoffer Haldrup
  • Martin M. Nielsen
  • Pavel Chabera
  • Yizhu Liu
  • Hideyuki Tatsuno
  • Cornelia Timm
  • Jens Uhlig
  • Villy Sundstöm
  • Zoltán Németh
  • Dorottya Sárosiné Szemes
  • Éva Bajnóczi
  • György Vankó
  • Roberto Alonso-Mori
  • James M. Glownia
  • Silke Nelson
  • Marcin Sikorski
  • Dimosthenis Sokaras
  • Henrik T. Lemke
  • Sophie E. Canton
  • Kenneth Wärnmark
  • Petter Persson
  • Amy A. Cordones
  • Kelly J. Gaffney
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Summary, in English

The excited state dynamics of solvated [Fe(bpy)(CN)4]2-, where bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine, show significant sensitivity to the solvent Lewis acidity. Using a combination of optical absorption and X-ray emission transient spectroscopies, we have previously shown that the metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) excited state of [Fe(bpy)(CN)4]2- has a 19 picosecond lifetime and no discernable contribution from metal centered (MC) states in weak Lewis acid solvents, such as dimethyl sulfoxide and acetonitrile.1,2 In the present work, we use the same combination of spectroscopic techniques to measure the MLCT excited state relaxation dynamics of [Fe(bpy)(CN)4]2- in water, a strong Lewis acid solvent. The charge-transfer excited state is now found to decay in less than 100 femtoseconds, forming a quasi-stable metal centered excited state with a 13 picosecond lifetime. We find that this MC excited state has triplet (3MC) character, unlike other reported six-coordinate Fe(ii)-centered coordination compounds, which form MC quintet (5MC) states. The solvent dependent changes in excited state non-radiative relaxation for [Fe(bpy)(CN)4]2- allows us to infer the influence of the solvent on the electronic structure of the complex. Furthermore, the robust characterization of the dynamics and optical spectral signatures of the isolated 3MC intermediate provides a strong foundation for identifying 3MC intermediates in the electronic excited state relaxation mechanisms of similar Fe-centered systems being developed for solar applications.

Department/s

  • Chemical Physics
  • Centre for Analysis and Synthesis
  • NanoLund: Centre for Nanoscience
  • eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
  • Computational Chemistry

Publishing year

2018

Language

English

Pages

4238-4249

Publication/Series

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volume

20

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Topic

  • Physical Chemistry (including Surface- and Colloid Chemistry)
  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1463-9076