Photophysical properties of copper(I), zinc(II) and nickel(II) complexes

Abstract

<p>Transition <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemical-engineering/metal-complex" title="Learn more about metal complexes from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages">metal complexes</a> are an important class of functional materials for the applications in various research areas, including organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs), photovoltaics, <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemical-engineering/photocatalysis" title="Learn more about photocatalysis from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages">photocatalysis</a>, sensing and imaging. Whereas investigations on the photophysical properties were focused on coordination complexes of precious <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/transition-metals" title="Learn more about transition metals from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages">transition metals</a> in early days, there has recently been a growing interest in those containing Earth-abundant metals in light of the lower cost and sustainability. Capitalizing on the diverse electronic properties of the transition metal center, as well as the flexibility in the ligand design, a wide range of Earth-abundant transition <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemical-engineering/metal-complex" title="Learn more about metal complexes from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages">metal complexes</a> with tunable photophysical properties and excited-state dynamics have been developed. This chapter gives a comprehensive discussion on the fundamental <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/photophysics" title="Learn more about photophysics from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages">photophysics</a> and possible applications of copper(I), zinc(II) and nickel(II) complexes, with the focus on the recent advances made by our group.</p>