Captivating bimolecular photoredox dynamics of a ligand-to-metal charge transfer complex
Christina Wegeberg, Neus A. Calvet, Mila Krafft, Pavel Chábera, Arkady Yartsev, Petter Persson
Abstract
Charge recombination (CR) competes with cage escape (CE) dynamics on ultrafast timescales to determine the outcome of bimolecular photoredox processes following initial charge separation (CS) driven by a ligand-to-metal charge transfer complex.
Topics & Concepts
Electron transferExcited stateChemical physicsChemistryMarcus theoryCharge (physics)ElectronOxidizing agentThermodynamic equilibriumElectron donorMolecular dynamicsKinetic energyRecombinationRange (aeronautics)Ultrashort pulseAtomic physicsElectron transport chainNon-equilibrium thermodynamicsDynamics (music)PhotochemistryComplex dynamicsReaction dynamicsDiffusionKineticsPhotoinduced electron transferMolecular physicsPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesRadical Photochemical ReactionsPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research