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Charge-transfer complex versus σ-complex formed between TiO2 and bis(dicyanomethylene) electron acceptors.

A novel group of organic-inorganic hybrid materials is created by the combination of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles with bis(dicyanomethylene) (TCNX) electron acceptors. The TiO2-TCNX complex is produced by the nucleophilic addition reaction between a hydroxy group on the TiO2 surface and TCNX, with the formation of a σ-bond between them. The nucleophilic addition reaction generates a negatively-charged diamagnetic TCNX adsorbate that serves as an electron donor. The σ-bonded complex characteristically shows visible-light absorption due to interfacial charge-transfer (ICT) transitions. In this paper, we report on another kind of complex formation between TiO2 and TCNX. We have systematically studied the structures and visible-light absorption properties of the TiO2-TCNX complexes, with changing the electron affinity of TCNX. We found that TCNX acceptors with lower electron affinities form charge-transfer complexes with TiO2 without the σ-bond formation. The charge-transfer complexes show strong visible-light absorption due to interfacial electronic transitions with little charge-transfer nature, which are different from the ICT transitions in the σ-bond complexes. The charge-transfer complexes induce efficient light-to-current conversions due to the interfacial electronic transitions, revealing the high potential for applications to light-energy conversions. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the formation of the two kinds of complexes is selectively controlled by the electron affinity of TCNX.