Fulleretic Well-Defined Scaffolds: Donor-Fullerene Alignment Through Metal Coordination and Its Effect on Photophysics

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• 作者：Derek E. Williams ; Ekaterina A. Dolgopolova ; Danielle C. Godfrey ; Evgeniya D. Ermolaeva ; Dr. Perry J. Pellechia ; Prof. Dr. Andrew B. Greytak ; Dr. Mark D. Smith ; Dr. Stanislav M. Avdoshenko ; Dr. Alexey A. Popov and Prof. Dr. Natalia B. Shustova
• 刊名：Angewandte Chemie
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 25, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：128
• 期：31
• 页码：9216-9220
• 全文大小：1996K
• ISSN：1521-3757

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Herein, we report the first example of a crystalline metal–donor–fullerene framework, in which control of the donor–fullerene mutual orientation was achieved through chemical bond formation, in particular, by metal coordination. The ¹³C cross-polarization magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy were performed for comprehensive structural analysis and energy-transfer (ET) studies of the fulleretic donor–acceptor scaffold. Furthermore, in combination with photoluminescence measurements, the theoretical calculations of the spectral overlap function, Förster radius, excitation energies, and band structure were employed to elucidate the photophysical and ET processes in the prepared fulleretic material. We envision that the well-defined fulleretic donor–acceptor materials could contribute not only to the basic science of fullerene chemistry but would also be used towards effective development of organic photovoltaics and molecular electronics.