Abstract
Ultrafast electron transfer was studied for a series of metalloporphyrin/bipyridinium complexes in aqueous solution, using laser excitation in the Soret or Q-bands of the porphyrin. Electron transfer occurred before electronic and vibrational relaxation of the initial excited state. This allowed for a thorough investigation of the dependence of electron transfer rate constants on the driving force and the nature of the product state. The driving force dependence showed that electron transfer from the S2 state occurred to an electronically excited radical pair state, and the present results provide the most direct evidence to date for the formation of such states in photoinduced electron transfer reactions. We also found that subsequent recombination of the radical pair produced vibrationally excited ground states; the excess energy of the radical pair generated from the initial state is not completely dissipated during the lifetime of the radical pair. The porphyrin/bipyridinium complexes where recombination lies deeper in the Marcus inverted region show less formation of unrelaxed ground states, contrary to what is expected from equilibrium electron transfer theories. Instead, the rate of the electron transfer, which competes with vibrational relaxation, was the main parameter controlling the relative yield of unrelaxed ground states within this series of complexes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7531-7540 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry B |
| Volume | 119 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 18 2015 |
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Ultrafast Electron Transfer Dynamics in a Series of Porphyrin/Viologen Complexes : Involvement of Electronically Excited Radical Pair Products. / Petersson, Jonas; Hammarström, Leif.
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 119, No. 24, 18.06.2015, p. 7531-7540.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Ultrafast Electron Transfer Dynamics in a Series of Porphyrin/Viologen Complexes
T2 - Involvement of Electronically Excited Radical Pair Products
AU - Petersson, Jonas
AU - Hammarström, Leif
PY - 2015/6/18
Y1 - 2015/6/18
N2 - Ultrafast electron transfer was studied for a series of metalloporphyrin/bipyridinium complexes in aqueous solution, using laser excitation in the Soret or Q-bands of the porphyrin. Electron transfer occurred before electronic and vibrational relaxation of the initial excited state. This allowed for a thorough investigation of the dependence of electron transfer rate constants on the driving force and the nature of the product state. The driving force dependence showed that electron transfer from the S2 state occurred to an electronically excited radical pair state, and the present results provide the most direct evidence to date for the formation of such states in photoinduced electron transfer reactions. We also found that subsequent recombination of the radical pair produced vibrationally excited ground states; the excess energy of the radical pair generated from the initial state is not completely dissipated during the lifetime of the radical pair. The porphyrin/bipyridinium complexes where recombination lies deeper in the Marcus inverted region show less formation of unrelaxed ground states, contrary to what is expected from equilibrium electron transfer theories. Instead, the rate of the electron transfer, which competes with vibrational relaxation, was the main parameter controlling the relative yield of unrelaxed ground states within this series of complexes.
AB - Ultrafast electron transfer was studied for a series of metalloporphyrin/bipyridinium complexes in aqueous solution, using laser excitation in the Soret or Q-bands of the porphyrin. Electron transfer occurred before electronic and vibrational relaxation of the initial excited state. This allowed for a thorough investigation of the dependence of electron transfer rate constants on the driving force and the nature of the product state. The driving force dependence showed that electron transfer from the S2 state occurred to an electronically excited radical pair state, and the present results provide the most direct evidence to date for the formation of such states in photoinduced electron transfer reactions. We also found that subsequent recombination of the radical pair produced vibrationally excited ground states; the excess energy of the radical pair generated from the initial state is not completely dissipated during the lifetime of the radical pair. The porphyrin/bipyridinium complexes where recombination lies deeper in the Marcus inverted region show less formation of unrelaxed ground states, contrary to what is expected from equilibrium electron transfer theories. Instead, the rate of the electron transfer, which competes with vibrational relaxation, was the main parameter controlling the relative yield of unrelaxed ground states within this series of complexes.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp5113119
DO - 10.1021/jp5113119
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JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry B Materials
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry B Materials
SN - 1520-6106
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