01919nas a2200193   4500008004100000022001400041245008900055210006900144260000800213300001600221490000800237520125000245100001401495700002301509700001901532700002901551700002501580856012001605       2021                        eng d  a1932-744700aPhotoactive anthraquinone-based host-guest assembly for long-lived charge separation0 aPhotoactive anthraquinonebased hostguest assembly for longlived   cMAY  a10891-109000 v1253 aPorous 2D covalent organic frameworks (COF) that are assembled axially through weak p-stacking interactions can provide reticular charge transport channels while playing host to kinetically stabilized reactive molecular redox states. Here we demonstrate a host-guest supramolecular charge transfer (CT) assembly using photoactive anthraquinone-based COF as an acceptor while incarcerating the electron donor N,N-dimethylaniline (DMA) inside it. Employing femtosecond broadband transient absorption spectroscopy in combination with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies, we show that the CT occurs rapidly within <110 fs after photoexcitation, subsequently leading to long-lived charge separation with 13% quantum efficiency at room temperature. The photoinduced EPR signature of the long-lived confined DMA cation radical confirms the disparate regions of charge localization while H-1-C-13 correlation experiments using solid-state NMR spectroscopy enumerate the packing of the amines inside the host-guest COF assembly. Our work demonstrates the potency of charge transport pathways in supramolecular assemblies for efficient charge separation which if optimally tuned should pave the way for COF-based photocatalytic reaction centers.1 aJha, Ajay1 aMote, Kaustubh, R.1 aChandra, Suman1 aMadhu, Perunthiruthy, K.1 aDasgupta, Jyotishman  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/photoactive-anthraquinone-based-host-guest-assembly-long-lived-charge-separation