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favored (by ca. 0.2 eV) site. Therefore, in competition with primary bimolecular<br />

charge recombination (Eq. 17), it is expected to undergo intramolecular<br />

electron transfer (charge shift process, Eq. 18) from the metal complex to DQ.<br />

The system will be finally converted back to ground-state reactants by secondary<br />

charge recombination (Eq. 19):<br />

Rh(III)-DQ + hν → ∗ Rh(III)-DQ (15)<br />

∗ +<br />

Rh(III)-DQ + TMB → Rh(II)-DQ + TMB (16)<br />

Rh(II)-DQ + TMB + → Rh(III)-DQ + TMB (17)<br />

Rh(II)-DQ → Rh(III)-DQ –<br />

(18)<br />

Rh(III)-DQ – +TMB + → Rh(III)-DQ + TMB . (19)<br />

The system performs indeed as predicted. The rate constants <strong>of</strong> all the processes<br />

in the above scheme have been experimentally determined, except for<br />

that <strong>of</strong> Eq. 17, inferred from experiments on appropriate model rhodium<br />

systems (without DQ pendant unit) [112]. In particular, the intramolecular<br />

charge shift process (Eq. 18) has been observed <strong>and</strong> time-resolved (k =<br />

3 × 107 s –1 ) by laser flash photolysis. It can be noticed that, from a formal<br />

viewpoint, the stepwise photoinduced electron transfer taking place in this<br />

dyad/quencher system is reminiscent <strong>of</strong> that <strong>of</strong> a triad for charge separation.<br />

A system that, despite the chemical <strong>and</strong> physical differences, bears a close<br />

similarity to charge separating triads, is the heterogeneous assembly depicted<br />

in Fig. 10 [113]. It is based on a Ru(II)-Rh(III) polypyridine dyad <strong>of</strong> the<br />

same type as 15, that has been functionalized with carboxyl groups at the<br />

Rh(III) units. This gives the dyad the capability to adsorb on nanocrystalline<br />

titanium dioxide <strong>and</strong> to act as a photosensitizer in Graetzel-type photoelec-<br />

Fig. 10 Schematic picture <strong>of</strong> a Rh(III)-Ru(II) dyad anchored on nanocrystalline TiO2 <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> its behavior as a heterotriad system (from [113])

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