Potassium Poly(Heptazine Imide): Transition Metal-Free Solid-State Triplet Sensitizer in Cascade Energy Transfer and [3+2]-cycloadditions

Title
Potassium Poly(Heptazine Imide): Transition Metal-Free Solid-State Triplet Sensitizer in Cascade Energy Transfer and [3+2]-cycloadditions
Publication Date
2020-08-24
Author(s)
Savateev, Aleksandr
Tarakina, Nadezda V
Strauss, Volker
Hussain, Tanveer
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1973-4584
Email: thussai3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:thussai3
ten Brummelhuis, Katharina
Sánchez Vadillo, José Manuel
Markushyna, Yevheniia
Mazzanti, Stefano
Tyutyunnik, Alexander P
Walczak, Ralf
Oschatz, Martin
Guldi, Dirk M
Karton, Amir
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7981-508X
Email: akarton@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:akarton
Antonietti, Markus
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA
Place of publication
Germany
DOI
10.1002/anie.202004747
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/49040
Abstract

Polymeric carbon nitride materials have been used in numerous light-to-energy conversion applications ranging from photocatalysis to optoelectronics. For a new application and modelling, we first refined the crystal structure of potassium poly(heptazine imide) (K-PHI)-a benchmark carbon nitride material in photocatalysis-by means of X-ray powder diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Using the crystal structure of K-PHI, periodic DFT calculations were performed to calculate the density-of-states (DOS) and localize intra band states (IBS). IBS were found to be responsible for the enhanced K-PHI absorption in the near IR region, to serve as electron traps, and to be useful in energy transfer reactions. Once excited with visible light, carbon nitrides, in addition to the direct recombination, can also undergo singlet-triplet intersystem crossing. We utilized the K-PHI centered triplet excited states to trigger a cascade of energy transfer reactions and, in turn, to sensitize, for example, singlet oxygen (1O2) as a starting point to synthesis up to 25 different N-rich heterocycles.

Link
Citation
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 59(35), p. 15061-15068
ISSN
1521-3773
1433-7851
Pubmed ID
32412175
Start page
15061
End page
15068
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International

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