Table 4.
Optical and electrochemical properties of compounds 9a–d, where is the onset potential of oxidation, is the onset potential of reduction, Ip (HOMO) is the ionization potential, Ea (LUMO) is the electron affinity, Eg is the band gap, and λonset is the absorption onset wavelength.
| Parameter | Compound | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9a | 9b | 9c | 9d | |
| (V)a | 1.964 | 1.934 | 2.001 | 1.953 |
| (V)a | −0.726 | −0.756 | −0.476 | −0.746 |
| IP (HOMO) (eV)b | −6.404 | −6.374 | −6.441 | −6.393 |
| EA (LUMO) (eV)c | −3.714 | −3.684 | −3.994 | −3.964 |
| (eV) | 2.69 | 2.69 | 2.48 | 2.70 |
| λonset (nm) | 467.1 | 468.9 | 468.8 | 468.1 |
| (eV)d | 2.65 | 2.64 | 2.64 | 2.65 |
vs. NHE;
IP= –(Eox+ 4,44) eV;
EA= –(Ered+ 4,44) eV;
Optical bandgap calculated on the low energy band edge of the absorption spectrum ( 1240/λonset).