Fast energy transfer of charge-transfer triplet excited state (3CT) of [Ru(bpy)3](PF6)2 to Os2+ at short distances in the crystal

Minoru Tsushima, Noriaki Ikeda*, Koichi Nozaki, Takeshi Ohno

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Abstract

The energy transfer of a charge-transfer triplet excited state (3CT) in [Ru(bpy)3](PF6)2 (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine) crystals doped with [Os(bpy)3](PF6)2 was studied by a time-correlated single-photon counting method, where the excited Ru(II) moiety and the Os(II) moiety act as energy donor (D) and acceptor (A), respectively. 3CT of Ru2+ in the [OsxRu1-x(bpy)3](PF6)2 (x > 0.0099) exhibited multiexponential decay, which is ascribed to direct energy transfer to Os2+ at various rates depending on the D - A distances. Hopping of 3CT to the closest Ru2+ (Ikeda et al., J. Pliys. Chem. A, 2000) changed the D - A distances and made the decay faster at a later time. The complex emission decay was analyzed by a Monte Carlo simulation. The rates of energy transfer to Os2+ at 0.82 and 1.08 nm were determined to be 1.7 × 1011 and 7 × 109 s-1, respectively. The distance dependence of the rates of energy transfer through space and its mechanism are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5176-5180
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry A
Volume104
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000/06/08

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  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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