Rajarshi Mondal
Exploiting synergy between ligand design and counterion interactions to boost room temperature phosphorescence from Cu(i) compounds
Mondal, Rajarshi; Lozada, Issiah B.; Davis, Rebecca L.; Williams, J.A. Gareth; Herbert, David E.
Authors
Issiah B. Lozada
Rebecca L. Davis
Professor Gareth Williams j.a.g.williams@durham.ac.uk
Professor
David E. Herbert
Abstract
The structural and photophysical properties of three sets of luminescent copper complexes of the form [(P^N)2Cu]X are presented. Here, P^N represents a bidentate ligand based on phenanthridine (3,4-benzoquinoline) incorporating a phosphine unit at the 4-position, of which three examples are investigated, namely 4-(diphenylphosphino)phenanthridine (L1), 4-(diphenylphosphino)-2-methylphenanthridine (L2) and 2,6-dimethyl-4-(diphenylphosphino)phenanthridine (L3). For each P^N-coordinating ligand, the corresponding homoleptic copper(I) complex (1X, 2X, 3X) has been prepared as both the hexafluorophosphate and tetraphenylborate salt (X = PF6− or BPh4−). The identity of the counterion has a profound and unexpected impact on the emission properties of the powder samples – but only for complexes of ligands bearing methyl substituents close to the metal (3X). The synergistic effect of combining inter-ion interactions and ligand design enables emission tuning from orange to yellow, in the opposite (hypsochromic) direction compared to employing either strategy on its own. These effects can be attributed to differences in molecular packing, in particular to the combined impact of ligand structure and inter-ionic interactions on distortions in the excited state relative to the ground state. The results have been interpreted with the help of density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations.
Citation
Mondal, R., Lozada, I. B., Davis, R. L., Williams, J. G., & Herbert, D. E. (2019). Exploiting synergy between ligand design and counterion interactions to boost room temperature phosphorescence from Cu(i) compounds. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 7(13), 3772-3778. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tc00040b
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 16, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 24, 2019 |
Publication Date | Apr 7, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Jan 29, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 16, 2020 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices |
Print ISSN | 2050-7526 |
Electronic ISSN | 2050-7534 |
Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 13 |
Pages | 3772-3778 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tc00040b |
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