Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
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150 Charge-Transfer Reactions <strong>in</strong> Condensed Phases<br />
F i (X )/λ cl<br />
2<br />
0<br />
1<br />
∆F 0<br />
−2 0 2<br />
X/λcl great achievement of the Marcus–Hush (MH) model 6,12–14 of ET was to<br />
reduce the many-body problem to a one-dimensional (1D) picture of <strong>in</strong>tersect<strong>in</strong>g<br />
ET free energy surfaces, FiðXÞ (i ¼ 1 for the <strong>in</strong>itial ET state, i ¼ 2 for the<br />
f<strong>in</strong>al ET state, Figure 2). Each po<strong>in</strong>t on the free energy surface represents the<br />
reversible work <strong>in</strong>vested to create a nonequilibrium fluctuation of the nuclei<br />
result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a particular value of the donor–acceptor electronic energy gap<br />
X ¼ E ½3Š<br />
The electronic energy gap thus serves as a collective reaction coord<strong>in</strong>ate X<br />
reflect<strong>in</strong>g the strength of coupl<strong>in</strong>g of the nuclear modes to the electronic states<br />
of the donor and acceptor. The po<strong>in</strong>t of <strong>in</strong>tersection of F1ðXÞ and F2ðXÞ sets<br />
up the ET transition state, X ¼ 0.<br />
The def<strong>in</strong>ition of the ET reaction coord<strong>in</strong>ates accord<strong>in</strong>g to Eq. [3] allows<br />
a direct connection between the activated ET k<strong>in</strong>etics and steady-state optical<br />
spectroscopy. In a spectroscopic experiment, the energy of the <strong>in</strong>cident light<br />
with the frequency n (n is used for the wavenumber) is equal to the donor–<br />
acceptor energy gap<br />
hn ¼ X ½4Š<br />
and monitor<strong>in</strong>g the light frequency directly probes the distribution of donor–<br />
acceptor energy gaps. The <strong>in</strong>tensity of optical transitions IðnÞ is then proportional<br />
to FCWD(hn) 15<br />
2λ cl<br />
1/2λ cl<br />
Figure 2 Two parameters def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the Marcus–Hush model of two <strong>in</strong>tersect<strong>in</strong>g<br />
parabolas: the equilibrium free energy gap F0 and the classical reorganization energy<br />
l cl. The parabolas curvature is 1=ð2l clÞ.<br />
IðnÞ /jm12j 2 FCWDðhnÞ ½5Š<br />
2