A stronger acceptor decreases the rates of charge transfer: ultrafast dynamics and on/off switching of charge separation in organometallic donor–bridge–acceptor systems

• DOI: 10.1039/d2sc06409j
• Publication Date: 2023-09-28T15:42:35Z
• Authors: Alexander J. Auty; Paul A. Scattergood; Theo Keane; Tao Cheng; Guanzhi Wu; Heather Carson; James Shipp; Andrew Sadler; Thomas Roseveare; Igor V. Sazanovich; Anthony J. H. M. ...; Dimitri Chekulaev; Paul I. P. Elliot; Mike Towrie; Julia A. Weinstein

The rate of intersystem crossing increases, whilst the rates of charge separation and recombination decrease in donor–CC–Pt–CC–acceptor systems with a stronger electron acceptor – as revealed by fluorescence upconversion and ultrafast IR methods.