Organisation and photoelectrochemical reactivity of water-soluble metalloporphyrins at the liquid/liquid interface

Abstract

The present chapter discusses recent accounts on the organisation and photoreactivity of water-soluble metalloporphyrins at interfaces between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES). This class of molecular interfaces provides an interesting framework for studying heterogeneous photoredox processes between water-soluble porphyrins and hydrophobic redox species employing photoelectrochemical techniques. These experimental approaches are based on ideally polarisable liquid/liquid junctions, in which the Galvani potential difference can be controlled potentiostatically. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.