Recently varieties of Bodipy derivatives showing intersystem crossing (ISC) have been reported as triplet photosensitizers, and the application of these compounds in photocatalysis, photodynamic therapy (PDT), and photon upconversion are promising. In this review we summarized the recent development in the area of Bodipy-derived triplet photosensitizers and discussed the molecular structural factors that enhance the ISC ability. The compounds are introduced based on their ISC mechanisms, which include the heavy atom effect, exciton coupling, charge recombination (CR)-induced ISC, using a spin converter and radical enhanced ISC. Some transition metal complexes containing Bodipy chromophores are also discussed. The applications of these new triplet photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy, photocatalysis, and photon upconversion are briefly commented on. We believe the study of new triplet photosensitizers and the application of these novel materials in the abovementioned areas will be blooming.
A long-lived triplet charge separated state ( 3 CS state lifetime: 0.56 μs) was observed in a compact electron donor−acceptor dyad with electron donor phenothiazine (PTZ) and acceptor anthraquinone (AQ) directly connected by a single C−N bond (AQ-PTZ). The 1 CS state energy (2.0 eV in cyclohexane) is lower than those of the 3 AQ (2.7 eV) or the 3 PTZ state (2.6 eV). By oxidation of the PTZ unit, thus increasing of the 1 CS state energy (2.7 eV in cyclohexane), thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) was observed [τ = 17.7 ns (99.9%)/1.5 μs (0.1%)]. Time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) spectra confirm the electron spin multiplicity of the 3 CS state, and the zero-field-splitting (ZFS) parameters |D| and |E| are 48.2 mT and 11.2 mT, respectively. These results are useful for design of compact electron donor−acceptor dyads to access the long-lived 3 CS state and study the TADF mechanism.
Triplet
photosensitizers (PSs) have been studied as photocatalysts
in photocatalytic H2 evolution by water splitting and photoredox
catalytic synthetic organic reactions, etc. The applications share
common features that the photocatalysts (triplet PSs) harvest the
photoexcitation energy, then undergo intersystem crossing (ISC), and
finally initiate the electron transfer or triplet energy transfer,
which are intermolecular processes in most cases. Thus, triplet PSs
showing a strong visible-light-harvesting ability and long triplet
excited state lifetimes are desired because they can enhance the above
intermolecular processes. The conventional transition metal complexes
(i.e., Ru(bpy)3X2 or Ir(ppy)3) have
been widely used; however, these complexes are not satisfactory due
to their weak absorption of visible light and short triplet excited
state lifetimes. To a large extent, the photophysical property of
these complexes is due to the low-lying metal-to-ligand charge transfer
(MLCT) state, the S0 → 1MLCT transition
is weakly allowed, and a strong heavy atom effect exists for the 3MLCT state, which results in weak visible light absorption
and a short triplet excited state lifetime, respectively. This mini
review introduces the recent progress of the development of the transition
metal complexes as well as the organic triplet PSs that show a strong
visible-light-harvesting ability and long triplet excited state lifetimes.
The application of these new triplet PSs in photocatalytic H2 evolution and photoredox catalytic synthetic organic reactions is
summarized.
Long-lived charge separated (CS) triplet state (2.6 μs) and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) [τ = 282 ns (90.4%)/2.4 μs (9.6%)] were observed in anthraquinone-phenoxazine electron donor-acceptor dyad with electron...
The photophysical processes involved in the electron donor-acceptor thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters are complicated and controversial. The recent consensus is that at least three states are involved, i. e. the singlet charge transfer state ( 1 CT), the triplet localized excited state ( 3 LE) and the triplet CT state ( 3 CT). It is clear the very often used steady state and time-resolved luminescence spectroscopic methods are unable to present direct evidence for the dark states, i. e. the 3 LE and 3 CT states, as well as the interconversion of these states. Concerning this aspect, the femtosecond-nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopic methods are in particular interests. Both the emissive state and the dark state can be detected in these spectra, and interconversion of the states involved in TADF process can be also revealed. This review article focuses on the recent development of using the transient absorption spectra to study the photophysics of the TADF emitters.
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