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. 2020 May 12;8:360. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00360

Table 4.

Optical and electrochemical properties of compounds 9a–d, where Eoxionset is the onset potential of oxidation, Eredonset 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
Eoxionset (V)a 1.964 1.934 2.001 1.953
Eredonset (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
Egapele(eV) 2.69 2.69 2.48 2.70
λonset (nm) 467.1 468.9 468.8 468.1
Egapopt (eV)d 2.65 2.64 2.64 2.65
a

vs. NHE;

b

IP= –(Eox+ 4,44) eV;

c

EA= –(Ered+ 4,44) eV;

d

Optical bandgap calculated on the low energy band edge of the absorption spectrum (Egapop= 1240/λonset).