Issue 45, 2021

Unravelling the role of charge transfer state during ultrafast intersystem crossing in compact organic chromophores

Abstract

When organic electron donor (D) and acceptor (A) chromophores are linked together, an electron transfer (ET) state can take place. When a short bridge such as one Sigma bond is used to link the donor and the acceptor, complete charge separation is difficult to access and one usually observes an intramolecular charge transfer (CT) state instead. Due to the inevitable coupling between the donor and the acceptor in compact organic chromophores, the most common decay pathway for the CT state is charge recombination, which may lead to a distinct longer wavelength fluorescence emission or non-radiative dissipation of the excited state energy. However, recent studies have shown that unique excited state dynamics can be observed when the CT state is involved during both forward and backward intersystem crossing (ISC) from singlet excited states to triplet excited states in organic chromophores. Analysis of the mechanism for ISC involving the CT state has received much attention over the last decade. In this perspective, we present a collection of molecular design rationales, spectroscopy and theoretical investigations that provide insights into the mechanism of the ISC involving the CT state in compact organic chromophores. We hope that this perspective will prove beneficial for researchers to design novel compact organic chromophores with a predictable ISC property for future biochemical and optoelectronic applications.

Graphical abstract: Unravelling the role of charge transfer state during ultrafast intersystem crossing in compact organic chromophores

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
28 Jun 2021
Accepted
16 Aug 2021
First published
16 Aug 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 25455-25466

Unravelling the role of charge transfer state during ultrafast intersystem crossing in compact organic chromophores

M. Lv, X. Wang, D. Wang, X. Li, Y. Liu, H. Pan, S. Zhang, J. Xu and J. Chen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 25455 DOI: 10.1039/D1CP02912F

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