Compositionally Controlled Electron Transfer in Metallo-Organics

We demonstrate here the assembly of a nanolayer of electrochromic iron complexes on the top of composite layers of cobalt and ruthenium complexes. Depending on the ratio of the latter two complexes, we can tailor materials that show different electron transport pathways, redox activities, and color...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023-08, Vol.145 (32), p.18075-18083
Hauptverfasser: Hamo, Yonatan, Neudert, Alena, Bendikov, Tatyana, Lahav, Michal, van der Boom, Milko E.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We demonstrate here the assembly of a nanolayer of electrochromic iron complexes on the top of composite layers of cobalt and ruthenium complexes. Depending on the ratio of the latter two complexes, we can tailor materials that show different electron transport pathways, redox activities, and color transitions. No redox activity of the top layer, consisting of iron complexes, is observable when the relative amount of the ruthenium complexes is low in the underlying composite layer because of the insulating properties of the isostructural cobalt complexes. Increasing the amount of ruthenium complexes opens an electron transport channel, resulting in charge storage in both the cobalt and iron complexes. The trapped charges can be chemically released by redox-active ferrocyanide complexes at the film–water interface.
ISSN:0002-7863
1520-5126
DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c05874