Dynamics of Charge Separation from Second Excited State and Following Charge Recombination in Zinc-Porphyrin–Acceptor Dyads

Abstract

Intramolecular charge separation from the second singlet excited state of directly linked Zn-porphyrin-imide dyads and following charge recombination into the first singlet excited and the ground states has been investigated in the framework of a model incorporating four electronic states (the first and the second singlet excited, the charge separated, and the ground states) as well as their vibrational sublevels. Kinetics of the transitions between these states are described in terms of the stochastic point-transition approach involving reorganization of a number of high frequency vibrational modes. The influence of the model parameters (the number of high frequency vibrational modes, the magnitude of the reorganization energies of the medium and the high frequency intramolecular vibrations, the solvent polarity) on the kinetics of population of the second and first singlet excited states as well as the charge separated state has been investigated. Simulation of the kinetics of the charge separated state population allows quantitative reproducing of the distinctive features of the two-humped kinetic curve observed in the experiment.