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Lookup NU author(s): Marina Santana Vega, Dr Fabio Cucinotta
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© 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This study presents a new design of light-harvesting antenna materials using two dyes organised into mesoporous silica: an iridium(III) complex and a BODIPY-derived surfactant that undergo Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), acting, respectively, as donor and acceptor. The chemical structure of each dye determines the position taken within the micellar templates used for the synthesis of the silica host, which maintains mesopore order as shown by TEM imaging. Steady-state and time-resolved UV-visible spectroscopy revealed that incorporation of the iridium complex into the silica shields it from oxygen-induced quenching and allows a degree of control over the donor-acceptor distance, yielding FRET efficiencies from 24 to 76% and tuneable emission ranges. Such silica-based antennae show promising properties for the realisation of polychromatic sensitisers for photovoltaics and photocatalysis.
Author(s): Bagnall AJ, SantanaVega M, Martinelli J, Djanashvili K, Cucinotta F
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Chemistry - A European Journal
Year: 2018
Volume: 24
Issue: 46
Pages: 11992-11999
Print publication date: 14/08/2018
Online publication date: 02/07/2018
Acceptance date: 02/07/2018
Date deposited: 31/08/2018
ISSN (print): 0947-6539
ISSN (electronic): 1521-3765
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201802745
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802745
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