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Photochemical Energy Storage (Photosensitized Isomerization Of Norbornadiene To Quadricyclane By Copper(I) Complexes), Dennis J. Fife
Photochemical Energy Storage (Photosensitized Isomerization Of Norbornadiene To Quadricyclane By Copper(I) Complexes), Dennis J. Fife
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This research has focused on the sensitized photoisomerization step of a solar energy storage system based on the interconversion of norbornadiene (NBD) and quadricyclane (Q). Sensitizers studied in the photoisomerization were arylphosphine complexes of copper(I) halides [(Ph3P)3CuX, (MePh2P)3CuX, (DIPHOS)CuCl; X = Cl, Br, I and DIPHOS = Ph2P(CH2)2PPh2]. The lowest electronic excited state of the complexes can be an effective triplet energy sensitizer as evidenced by a maximum quantum yield of 1.0 with (MePh2P)3CuX. The sensitization mechanism of the L …