In the development of covalent organic frameworks (COFs), often the scaffold linkers are assumed to be electro- and photoinactive, and this was also to be the case for 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene, a tritopic linker. However, as demonstrated in the present study, the reaction product of this linker, hexaoxatriphenylene, is electron rich and when connected to a suitable photosensitizer engages itself in an efficient excited-state charge separation process. In the present study, we have employed BF2-chelated dipyrromethenes (BODIPYs) as sensitizers, which are connected to hexaoxatriphenylene through the center boron, rendering paddle-wheel-type structures. Systematic photophysical, electrochemical, computational, and photochemical studies involving pump-probe femtosecond transient spectroscopy have been performed to establish efficient charge separation in these novel supramolecular structures.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1505171 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Cantu, Robert |
| Contributors | D'Souza, Francis, Wang, Hong, Golden, Teresa |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 43 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Cantu, Robert, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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