Naphthalenediimide and perylenediimide based donor-acceptor crystalline hybrid materials: Structures and applications

Abstract

Donor-acceptor crystalline hybrid materials are a new type of photoactive hybrid complex composed of two semiconductor components at the molecular level. Naphthalenediimide (NDI) and perylenediimide (PDI) based donor-acceptor crystalline hybrid materials have garnered significant interest in recent years owing to the structural diversity of the inorganic semiconductors and excellent redox activity in the NDI/PDI, which can effectively achieve long-lived charge separation and transfer under irradiation. In this review, we summarize recent research progress in the construction of NDI/PDI-based crystalline hybrid materials using POMs, metal halides, and transition-metal ions, and their applications in photochromism, photo-controllable fluorescence/phosphorescence, photocatalytic organic transformations, and photothermal conversion, and as antibacterials, to provide useful guidance for the design, preparation and application of these materials in the future.