화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.136, No.19, 6814-6817, 2014
Photocurrent Generation Enhanced by Charge Delocalization over Stacked Perylenediimide Chromophores Assembled within DNA
We now report the photocurrent generation and charge transfer dynamics of stacked perylenediimide (PDI) molecules within a pi-stack array of DNA. The cofacially stacked PDI dimer and trimer were found to strongly enhance the photocurrent generation compared to an isolated PDI monomer. Femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption experiments revealed that the excitation of the stacked PDI dimer and trimer provided the broad transient absorption band, which was attributed to the charge delocalization of a negative charge over the PDI chromophores. The lifetime of the charge delocalization of the PDI dimer and trimer (nearly 1 no) was much longer than that of the charge separated state of the PDI monomer. A comparison between the photocurrent measurements and time-resolved transient absorption measurements demonstrated that the cofacially stacked structure could possibly lead to the charge delocalization and increase the lifetime of the charge-separated state that is essential to enhancing the photocurrent generation.