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The Contribution of Charge Separation in Triplet State Formation in Zinc Dipyrrin Photosensitizers

About 85% of the world’s energy is derived from non-renewable sources—coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Solar photocatalysis is one way to potentially generate renewable fuels. Zinc dipyrrin complexes have the potential to be efficient sensitizers for reductive photochemistry, but their ability to form long-lived triplet excited states needs further investigation. The overall aim of this research is to compare the photophysical properties zinc and boron dipyrrin complexes and investigate the role of the charge separated state in triplet state formation. This presentation will describe the synthesis and purification of zinc and boron dipyrrin complexes and their photophysical characterization, including fluorescence quantum yields in a series of solvents and their emission at low temperatures.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:asrf-1512
Date04 May 2020
CreatorsDzaye, Irene Yayra
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceAppalachian Student Research Forum

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