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Sabour B, Wagner RJV, Krüger BC, Kandratsenka A, Wodtke AM, Schäfer T, Park GB. Vibrationally Mode-Specific Molecular Energy Transfer to Surface Electrons in Metastable Formaldehyde Scattering from Cesium-Covered Au(111). J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:4976-4983. [PMID: 38850250 PMCID: PMC11215783 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c02184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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Nonadiabatic interaction of adsorbate nuclear motion with the continuum of electronic states is known to affect the dynamics of chemical reactions at metal surfaces. A large body of work has probed the fundamental mechanisms of such interactions for atomic and diatomic molecules at surfaces. In polyatomic molecules, the possibility of mode-specific damping of vibrational motion due to the effects of electronic friction raises the question of whether such interactions could profoundly affect the outcome of chemistry at surfaces by selectively removing energy from a particular intramolecular adsorbate mode. However, to date, there have not been any fundamental experiments demonstrating nonadiabatic electron-vibration coupling in a polyatomic molecule at a surface. In this work, we scatter excited metastable formaldehyde and formaldehyde-d2 from a low work function surface and detect ejected exoelectrons that accompany molecular relaxation. The exoelectron ejection efficiency exhibits a strong dependence on the vibrational mode that is excited: out-of-plane bending excitation (ν4) leads to significantly more exoelectrons than does CO stretching excitation (ν2). The results provide clear evidence for mode-specific energy transfer from vibration to surface electrons.
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- Behrouz Sabour
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech
University, Box 41061 Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften, Am Faßberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
- Georg-August-Universität
Göttingen, Institut für physikalische Chemie, Tammanstr. 6, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften, Am Faßberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
- Georg-August-Universität
Göttingen, Institut für physikalische Chemie, Tammanstr. 6, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften, Am Faßberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
- Georg-August-Universität
Göttingen, Institut für physikalische Chemie, Tammanstr. 6, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften, Am Faßberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
- Georg-August-Universität
Göttingen, Institut für physikalische Chemie, Tammanstr. 6, Göttingen 37077, Germany
- International
Center for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion, University of Göttingen, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften, Am Faßberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
- Georg-August-Universität
Göttingen, Institut für physikalische Chemie, Tammanstr. 6, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech
University, Box 41061 Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
- Max-Planck-Institut
für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften, Am Faßberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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Pei Q, Zheng X, Tan J, Luo Y, Ye S. Probing the Local Near-Field Intensity of Plasmonic Nanoparticles in the Mid-infrared Spectral Region. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:5390-5396. [PMID: 38739421 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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The enhanced local field of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in mid-infrared spectral regions is essential for improving the detection sensitivity of vibrational spectroscopy and mediating photochemical reactions. However, it is still challenging to measure its intensity at subnanometer scales. Here, using the NO2 symmetric stretching mode (νNO2) of self-assembled 4-nitrothiophenol (4-NTP) monolayers on AuNPs as a model, we demonstrated that the percentage of excited νNO2 mode, determined by femtosecond time-resolved sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy, allows us to directly detect the local field intensity of the AuNP surface in subnanometer ranges. The local-field intensity is tuned by AuNP diameters. An approximate 17-fold enhancement was observed for the local field on 80 nm AuNPs compared to the Au film. Additionally, the local field can regulate the anharmonicity of the νNO2 mode by synergistic effect with molecular orientation. This work offers a promising approach to probe the local field intensity distribution around plasmonic NP surfaces at subnanometer scales.
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- Quanbing Pei
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230088, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230088, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230088, China
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Wang Y, Dou W. Electron Transfer at Molecule-Metal Interfaces under Floquet Engineering: Rate Constant and Floquet Marcus Theory. ACS PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AU 2024; 4:160-166. [PMID: 38560755 PMCID: PMC10979498 DOI: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.3c00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Electron transfer (ET) at molecule-metal or molecule-semiconductor interfaces is a fundamental reaction that underlies all electrochemical processes and substrate-mediated surface photochemistry. In this study, we show that ET rates near a metal surface can be significantly manipulated by periodic driving (e.g., Floquet engineering). We employ the Floquet surface hopping and Floquet electronic friction algorithms developed previously to calculate the ET rates near the metal surface as a function of driving amplitudes and driving frequencies. We find that ET rates have a turnover effect when the driving frequencies increase. A Floquet Marcus theory is further formulated to analyze such a turnover effect. We then benchmark the Floquet Marcus theory against Floquet surface hopping and Floquet electronic friction methods, indicating that the Floquet Marcus theory works in the strong nonadiabatic regimes but fails in the weak nonadiabatic regimes. We hope these theoretical tools will be useful to study ET rates in the plasmonic cavity and plasmon-assisted photocatalysis.
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- Yu Wang
- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake
University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
- Institute
of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute
for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake
University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
- Institute
of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute
for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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Farah YR, Krummel AT. The N3/TiO2 Interfacial Structure is Dependent on the pH Conditions During Sensitization. J Chem Phys 2022; 157:044702. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0099543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The electronic structure of the N3/TiO2 interface can directly influence the performance of a dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC). Therefore, it is crucial to understand the parameters that control the dye's orientation on the semiconductor's surface. A typical step in DSSC fabrication is to submerge the nanoparticulate semiconductor film in a solution containing the dye, the sensitizing solution. The pH of the N3 sensitizing solution determines the distribution of the N3 protonation states that exist in solution. Altering the pH of the sensitizing solution changes the N3 protonation states that exist in solution and, subsequently, the N3 protonation states that anchor to the TiO2 substrate. We utilize the surface specific technique of heterodyne detected vibrational sum frequency generation (HD-VSFG) to determine the binding geometry of N3 on a TiO2 surface as a function of the sensitizing solution pH conditions. It is determined that significant reorientation of the dye occurs in pH 2.0 conditions due to lack of N3-dye carboxylate anchoring groups participating in adsorption to the TiO2 substrate. Consequently, the change in molecular geometry is met with a change in interfacial electronic structure that can hinder electron transfer in DSSC architectures.
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- Chemistry, Colorado State University Department of Chemistry, United States of America
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Huang-Fu ZC, Song QT, He YH, Wang JJ, Ye JY, Zhou ZY, Sun SG, Wang ZH. Electrochemical CO 2 reduction on Cu and Au electrodes studied using in situ sum frequency generation spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:25047-25053. [PMID: 31690901 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp04346b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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As an important pathway for energy storage and a key reaction in the carbon cycle, the CO2 electrochemical reduction reaction has recently gained significant interest. A variety of catalysts have been used to approach this topic experimentally and theoretically; however, the molecular level insight into the reaction mechanism is lacking due to the complexity of the surface processes and the challenges in probing the intermediate species. In this study, CO2 reduction reactions on polycrystalline Cu and Au electrodes were investigated in 0.1 M CO2-saturated NaHCO3 solution. In situ sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy has been adopted to access the intermediates and products on the metal electrodes. On the Au electrode, only linearly adsorbed CO could be detected, and the reduction produced no hydrocarbon species. On the Cu electrode, C-H stretching vibrations corresponding to surface-adsorbed ethoxy species were observed, but no CO vibrations can be detected with SFG. The results revealed that the CO randomly adsorbed on the Cu surface, and the multiple orientations of the adsorbed species may be the reason for the formation of C-C bonding. These results demonstrate direct molecular level evidence for different reaction pathways on the Cu and Au electrodes.
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- Zhi-Chao Huang-Fu
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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Ge A, Rudshteyn B, Videla PE, Miller CJ, Kubiak CP, Batista VS, Lian T. Heterogenized Molecular Catalysts: Vibrational Sum-Frequency Spectroscopic, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Investigations. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:1289-1300. [PMID: 31056907 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Rhenium and manganese bipyridyl tricarbonyl complexes have attracted intense interest for their promising applications in photocatalytic and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction in both homogeneous and heterogenized systems. To date, there have been extensive studies on immobilizing Re catalysts on solid surfaces for higher catalytic efficiency, reduced catalyst loading, and convenient product separation. However, in order for the heterogenized molecular catalysts to achieve the combination of the best aspects of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, it is essential to understand the fundamental physicochemical properties of such heterogeneous systems, such as surface-bound structures of Re/Mn catalysts, substrate-adsorbate interactions, and photoinduced or electric-field-induced effects on Re/Mn catalysts. For example, the surface may act to (un)block substrates, (un)trap charges, (de)stabilize particular intermediates (and thus affect scaling relations), and shift potentials in different directions, just as protein environments do. The close collaboration between the Lian, Batista, and Kubiak groups has resulted in an integrated approach to investigate how the semiconductor or metal surface affects the properties of the attached catalyst. Synthetic strategies to achieve stable and controlled attachment of Re/Mn molecular catalysts have been developed. Steady-state, time-resolved, and electrochemical vibrational sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopic studies have provided insight into the effects of interfacial structures, ultrafast vibrational energy relaxation, and electric field on the Re/Mn catalysts, respectively. Various computational methods utilizing density functional theory (DFT) have been developed and applied to determine the molecular orientation by direct comparison to spectroscopy, unravel vibrational energy relaxation mechanisms, and quantify the interfacial electric field strength of the Re/Mn catalyst systems. This Account starts with a discussion of the recent progress in determining the surface-bound structures of Re catalysts on semiconductor and Au surfaces by a combined vibrational SFG and DFT study. The effects of crystal facet, length of anchoring ligands, and doping of the semiconductor on the bound structures of Re catalysts and of the substrate itself are discussed. This is followed by a summary of the progress in understanding the vibrational relaxation (VR) dynamics of Re catalysts covalently adsorbed on semiconductor and metal surfaces. The VR processes of Re catalysts on TiO2 films and TiO2 single crystals and a Re catalyst tethered on Au, particularly the role of electron-hole pair (EHP)-induced coupling on the VR of the Re catalyst bound on Au, are discussed. The Account also summarizes recent studies in quantifying the electric field strength experienced by the catalytically active site of the Re/Mn catalyst bound on a Au electrode based on a combined electrochemical SFG and DFT study of the Stark tuning of the CO stretching modes of these catalysts. Finally, future research directions on surface-immobilized molecular catalyst systems are discussed.
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- Aimin Ge
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Kaledin AL, Hill CL, Lian T, Musaev DG. Modulating electronic coupling at the quantum dot/molecule interface by wavefunction engineering. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:124704. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5083056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Alexey L. Kaledin
- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Lončarić I, Alducin M, Juaristi JI, Novko D. CO Stretch Vibration Lives Long on Au(111). J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:1043-1047. [PMID: 30776894 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Measured lifetimes of the CO internal stretch mode on various metal surfaces routinely lie in the picosecond regime. These short vibrational lifetimes, which are actually reproduced by current first-principles nonadiabatic calculations, are attributed to the rapid vibrational energy loss that is caused by the facile excitation of electron-hole pairs in metals. However, this explanation was recently questioned by the huge discrepancy that exists for CO on Au(111) between the experimental vibrational lifetime that is larger than 100 ps and the previous theoretical predictions of 4.8 and 1.6 ps. Here, we show that the state-of-the-art nonadiabatic theory does reproduce the long CO lifetime measured in Au(111) provided the molecule-surface interaction is properly described. Importantly, our new results confirm that the current understanding of the adsorbates' vibrational relaxation at metal surfaces is indeed valid.
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- Ivor Lončarić
- Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička 54 , HR-10000 Zagreb , Croatia
- Donostia International Physics Center DIPC , P. Manuel de Lardizabal 4 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center DIPC , P. Manuel de Lardizabal 4 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM/MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU) , P. Manuel de Lardizabal 5 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center DIPC , P. Manuel de Lardizabal 4 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM/MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU) , P. Manuel de Lardizabal 5 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
- Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Químicas , Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) , Apartado 1072 , 20080 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center DIPC , P. Manuel de Lardizabal 4 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Sensing Devices , Institute of Physics , Bijenička 46 , 10000 Zagreb , Croatia
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Liu Q, Zhang Y, Zhang Q, Wei Q, Zhou D, Wu G, Cai K, Yuan K, Bian H. Understanding the intramolecular vibrational energy transfer and structural dynamics of anionic ligands in a photo-catalytic CO 2reduction catalyst. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:23026-23035. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05029a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The knowledge of intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution (IVR) and structural dynamics of rhenium photo-catalysts is essential for understanding the mechanism of the photo-catalytic process of CO2reduction.
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- Qianchen Liu
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an
- China
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Xu J, Tong X, Yu P, Wenya GE, McGrath T, Fong MJ, Wu J, Wang ZM. Ultrafast Dynamics of Charge Transfer and Photochemical Reactions in Solar Energy Conversion. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2018; 5:1800221. [PMID: 30581691 PMCID: PMC6299728 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201800221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 08/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
For decades, ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy has found its way into an increasing number of applications. It has become a vital technique to investigate energy conversion processes and charge transfer dynamics in optoelectronic systems such as solar cells and solar-driven photocatalytic applications. The understanding of charge transfer and photochemical reactions can help optimize and improve the performance of relevant devices with solar energy conversion processes. Here, the fundamental principles of photochemical and photophysical processes in photoinduced reactions, in which the fundamental charge carrier dynamic processes include interfacial electron transfer, singlet excitons, triplet excitons, excitons fission, and recombination, are reviewed. Transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy techniques provide a good understanding of the energy/electron transfer processes. These processes, including excited state generation and interfacial energy/electron transfer, are dominate constituents of solar energy conversion applications, for example, dye-sensitized solar cells and photocatalysis. An outlook for intrinsic electron/energy transfer dynamics via TA spectroscopic characterization is provided, establishing a foundation for the rational design of solar energy conversion devices.
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- Jing‐Yin Xu
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier SciencesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu610054P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier SciencesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu610054P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier SciencesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu610054P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier SciencesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu610054P. R. China
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- Department of PhysicsLancaster UniversityLancasterLancashireLA14YWUK
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier SciencesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu610054P. R. China
- Department of Electronic and Electrical EngineeringUniversity College LondonTorrington PlaceLondonWC1E7JEUK
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier SciencesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu610054P. R. China
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Clark ML, Ge A, Videla PE, Rudshteyn B, Miller CJ, Song J, Batista VS, Lian T, Kubiak CP. CO2 Reduction Catalysts on Gold Electrode Surfaces Influenced by Large Electric Fields. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:17643-17655. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Melissa L. Clark
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Kiefer LM, Kubarych KJ. Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of coordination complexes: From solvent dynamics to photocatalysis. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Taylor JO, Leavey RD, Hartl F. Solvent and Ligand Substitution Effects on the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2
with [Mo(CO)4
(x,x
′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine)] (x
=4-6) Enhanced at a Gold Cathodic Surface. ChemElectroChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201800879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- James O. Taylor
- School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy Department of Chemistry; University of Reading; Whiteknights Campus Reading RG6 6AD
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- School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy Department of Chemistry; University of Reading; Whiteknights Campus Reading RG6 6AD
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- School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy Department of Chemistry; University of Reading; Whiteknights Campus Reading RG6 6AD
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Song J, Ge A, Piercy B, Losego MD, Lian T. Effects of Al2O3 atomic layer deposition on interfacial structure and electron transfer dynamics at Re-bipyridyl complex/TiO2 interfaces. Chem Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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