Symmetry-breaking charge separation in molecular constructs for efficient light energy conversion

E Sebastian, M Hariharan - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The generation of electron–hole radical pair at the active layer of organic photovoltaics
through symmetry-breaking charge separation (SB-CS) has a crucial role in enhancing open …

High-Efficiency Photoinduced Charge Separation in Fe (III) carbene Thin Films

M Zhang, CE Johnson, A Ilic, J Schwarz… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Symmetry-breaking charge separation in molecular materials has attracted increasing
attention for optoelectronics based on single-material active layers. To this end, Fe (III) …

Controlling Symmetry Breaking Charge Transfer in BODIPY Pairs

L Estergreen, AR Mencke, DE Cotton… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Symmetry breaking charge transfer (SBCT) is a process in which a pair of
identical chromophores absorb a photon and use its energy to transfer an electron from one …

Polymeric encapsulation of novel homoleptic bis (dipyrrinato) zinc (II) complexes with long lifetimes for applications as photodynamic therapy photosensitisers

J Karges, U Basu, O Blacque, H Chao… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The use of photodynamic therapy (PDT) to treat cancer has received increasing attention
over the last years. However, the clinically used photosensitisers (PSs) have some …

Harvesting electrons and holes from photodriven symmetry-breaking charge separation within a perylenediimide photosynthetic model dimer

JM Bradley, AF Coleman, PJ Brown… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding how to utilize symmetry-breaking charge separation (SB-CS) offers a path
toward increasingly efficient light-harvesting technologies. This process plays a central role …

Excited-state symmetry-breaking charge separation dynamics in multibranched perylene diimide molecules

J Kong, W Zhang, G Li, D Huo, Y Guo… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
As one of the most promising nonfullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics, perylene
diimide (PDI)-based multibranched molecules with twisted or three-dimensional (3D) …

Bridge-mediated charge separation in isomeric N-annulated perylene diimide dimers

Y Guo, Z Ma, X Niu, W Zhang, M Tao… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The possibility and rate of charge separation (CS) in donor–bridge–acceptor molecules
mainly depend on two factors: electronic coupling and solvent effects. The question of how …