L. Flamigni et al., A Zn(II) porphyrin-Ir(III) bis-terpyridine-Au(III) porphyrin triad with a charge-separated state in the microsecond range, CHEM COMMUN, (24), 2000, pp. 2479-2480
A photoinduced, multistep electron transfer in a triad containing a zinc po
rphyrin (electron donor) and a gold(iii) porphyrin (electron acceptor) appe
nded to an Ir(iii) bis-terpyridine complex produces a charge separated stat
e with a close to unity yield and a lifetime of 450 ns.