Exceptionally Long-Lived Charge Separated State in Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework: Implication for Photocatalytic Applications
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
4 p.
Publication Date
2016
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Source Publication
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Source ISSN
0002-7863
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04615
Abstract
Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) have emerged as a novel class of porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for catalysis application because of their exceptional thermal and chemical stability. Inspired by the broad absorption of ZIF-67 in UV–vis-near IR region, we explored its excited state and charge separation dynamics, properties essential for photocatalytic applications, using optical (OTA) and X-ray transient absorption (XTA) spectroscopy. OTA results show that an exceptionally long-lived excited state is formed after photoexcitation. This long-lived excited state was confirmed to be the charge-separated (CS) state with ligand-to-metal charge-transfer character using XTA. The surprisingly long-lived CS state, together with its intrinsic hybrid nature, all point to its potential application in heterogeneous photocatalysis and energy conversion.
Recommended Citation
Pattengale, Brian; Yang, Sizhuo; Ludwig, John; Huang, Zhuangqun; Zhang, Xiaoyi; and Huang, Jier, "Exceptionally Long-Lived Charge Separated State in Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework: Implication for Photocatalytic Applications" (2016). Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications. 537.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/chem_fac/537
Comments
Accepted version. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 138, No. 26 (2016): 8072-8075. DOI. © 2016 American Chemical Society. Used with permission.