A series of seven new bis-heteroleptic Ru(II) probes (1[PF 6 ] 2 −7[PF 6 ] 2 ) along with two previously reported probes (8[PF 6 ] 2 and 9[PF 6 ] 2 ) containing a similar anion binding triazole unit (hydrogen bond donor) functionalized with various substituents are employed in a detailed comparative investigation for the development of superior selective probes for H 2 PO 4 − . Various solution-and solid-state studies, such as 1 H-DOSY NMR, dynamic light scattering (DLS), single-crystal X-ray crystallography, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), have established that the selective sensing of H 2 PO 4− by this series of probes is primarily due to supramolecular aggregation driven enhancement of 3 MLCT emission. Intestingly, 1[PF 6 ] 2 and 7[PF 6 ] 2 , having an electron-deficient (π-acidic) aromatic pentafluorophenyl substituent are found to be superior probes for H 2 PO 4 − in comparison to the other aryl-and polyaromatic-substituted analogues (2[PF 6 ] 2 −6[PF 6 ] 2 , 8[PF 6 ] 2 , and 9[PF 6 ] 2 ), in terms of a higher enhancement of the 3 MLCT emission band, a greater binding constant, and a lower detection limit. The superiority of 1[PF 6 ] 2 and 7[PF 6 ] 2 could be due to better supramolecular aggregation properties in the cases of pentafluorophenyl analogues via both hydrogen bonding and anion−fluorine/anion−π noncovalent interactions.