Evidence of static quenching in the photoredox activity of perylene diimide radical anions: implications for consecutive photoinduced electron transfer photocatalysis
Abstract
* for electron transfer to occur without diffusion. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we show that such condition is easily fulfilled at high quencher concentrations. Despite this, the overall quantum yield of the conPET mechanism is vanishingly small, because of several fundamental limitations related to the two photoinduced electron transfer steps and to the use of organic radical ions as photocatalysts.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Radical Photochemical Reactions
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Chemical Science
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 28
- Pages
- 13917–13925
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN