Synthesis of New Cobalt(III) <i>Meso</i>-Porphyrin Complex, Photochemical, X-ray Diffraction, and Electrical Properties for Photovoltaic Cells
Soumaya Nasri,
Mouhieddinne Guergueb,
Jihed Brahmi,
Youssef O. Al-Ghamdi,
Florian Molton,
Frédérique Loiseau,
Ilona Turowska-Tyrk,
Habib Nasri
Affiliations
Soumaya Nasri
Department of Chemistry, College of Science Al-Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
Mouhieddinne Guergueb
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue de L’environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
Jihed Brahmi
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue de L’environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
Youssef O. Al-Ghamdi
Department of Chemistry, College of Science Al-Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
Florian Molton
Département de Chimie Moléculaire, 301 rue de la Chimie, Université Grenoble Alpes, CS 40700, CEDEX 9, 38058 Grenoble, France
Frédérique Loiseau
Département de Chimie Moléculaire, 301 rue de la Chimie, Université Grenoble Alpes, CS 40700, CEDEX 9, 38058 Grenoble, France
Ilona Turowska-Tyrk
Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 27 Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Habib Nasri
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue de L’environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
The present work describes the preparation and characterization of a new cobalt(III) porphyrin coordination compound named (chlorido)(nicotinoylchloride)[meso-tetra(para-chlorophenyl)porphyrinato]cobalt(III) dichloromethane monosolvate with the formula [CoIII(TClPP)Cl(NTC)]·CH2Cl2 (4). The single-crystal X-ray molecular structure of 4 shows very important ruffling and waving distortions of the porphyrin macrocycle. The Soret and Q absorption bands of 4 are very red-shifted as a consequence of the very distorted porphyrin core. This coordination compound was also studied by fluorescence and cyclic voltammetry. The efficiency of our four porphyrinic compounds—the H2TClPP (1) free-base porphyrin, the [CoII(TClPP)] (2) and [CoIII(TClPP)Cl] (3) starting materials, and the new Co(III) metalloporphyrin [CoIII(TClPP)Cl(NTC)]·CH2Cl2 (4)—as catalysts in the photochemical degradation was tested on malachite green (MG) dye. The current voltage of complexes 3 and 4 was also studied. Electrical parameters, including the saturation current density (Js) and barrier height (ϕb), were measured.
