Photoinduced electron transfer in supramolecular systems of fullerenes functionalized with ligands capable of binding to zinc porphyrins and zinc phthalocyanines

This review describes light induced energy or electron transfer reactions in self-assembled supramolecular zinc porphyrin/zinc phthalocyanine and fullerene bearing donor–acceptor systems. The self-assembled supramolecular dyads and triads are formed by using one or two types of the binding mechanisms including metal–ligand axial coordination. The photochemical properties of the metal porphyrin/phthalocyanine and fullerene moieties are shown to...