Table 4.
Gibbs free energy changes of the charge separation (ΔGCS) and energy of charge separation states (ECS) of the compounds in different solvents.a
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| HEX | TOL | DCM | ACN | HEX | TOL | DCM | ACN | |
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| NI-PTZ-F b | −0.23 | −0.39 | −0.83 | −0.95 | 2.38 | 2.22 | 1.78 | 1.66 |
| NI-PTZ-Ph c | −0.26 | −0.42 | −0.86 | −0.98 | 2.35 | 2.19 | 1.75 | 1.63 |
| NI-PTZ-CH 3 d | −0.29 | −0.40 | −0.84 | −0.96 | 2.34 | 2.23 | 1.79 | 1.67 |
| NI-PTZ-OCH 3 e | −0.25 | −0.41 | −0.85 | −0.97 | 2.37 | 2.21 | 1.78 | 1.66 |
| NI-PTZ-C 5 f | −0.26 | −0.41 | −0.86 | −0.98 | 2.37 | 2.21 | 1.77 | 1.65 |
| NI-PTZ-F-O g | −0.02 | −0.18 | −0.63 | −0.75 | 3.22 | 3.06 | 2.62 | 2.49 |
| NI-PTZ-Ph-O h | −0.01 | −0.17 | −0.62 | −0.74 | 3.25 | 3.06 | 2.65 | 2.52 |
| NI-PTZ-C 5 -O i | −0.02 | −0.18 | −0.63 | −0.75 | 3.24 | 3.08 | 2.64 | 2.51 |
aCyclic voltammetry in deaerated solutions containing 0.10 M Bu4NPF6, a Pt electrode as counter electrode, a glassy carbon electrode as working electrode, and Ag/AgNO3 couple as the reference electrode; bE00 = 2.61 eV; cE00 = 2.61 eV; dE00 = 2.63 eV; eE00 = 2.63 eV; fE00 = 2.62 eV; gE00 = 3.24 eV; hE00 = 3.26 eV; iE00 = 3.26 eV. E00 (E00 = 1240/λ) is the singlet state energy of the compounds, λ is the wavelength of the crossing point of normalized UV–vis absorption spectra and fluorescence emission spectra.