Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
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βF i (X )<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
−20<br />
1<br />
2<br />
βλ 1 = 40<br />
α 1 = 1<br />
−40 −20 0 20 40<br />
−100 0<br />
βX βX<br />
As a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of these two effects, plus the existence of the fluctuation<br />
boundary, the free energy surfaces are asymmetric with a steeper branch on<br />
the side of the fluctuation boundary X0. The other branch is less steep tend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to a l<strong>in</strong>ear dependence at large X (Figure 7). The m<strong>in</strong>ima of the <strong>in</strong>itial and f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
free energy surfaces get closer to each other and to the band boundary with<br />
decreas<strong>in</strong>g a1 and l1. The cross<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>t then moves to the <strong>in</strong>verted ET region<br />
where the free energies are nearly l<strong>in</strong>ear functions of the reaction coord<strong>in</strong>ate.<br />
The ET activation energy follows from Eq. [66]<br />
F act<br />
i ¼ Fið0Þ F0i<br />
ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi<br />
¼jaij j F0 l1a2 1 =a2j<br />
q ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi<br />
jaijli q 2<br />
Equation [79] produces the MH quadratic energy gap law at small<br />
j F0j ja1l1j and yields a l<strong>in</strong>ear dependence of the activation energy on<br />
the equilibrium free energy gap at j F0 l1a 2 1 =a2j jaijli.<br />
A l<strong>in</strong>ear energy gap law is by no means unusual <strong>in</strong> ET k<strong>in</strong>etics. It is quite<br />
often encountered at large equilibrium energy gaps. Experimental observations<br />
of the l<strong>in</strong>ear energy gap law are made for <strong>in</strong>termolecular 62 as well as <strong>in</strong>tramolecular<br />
63 organic donor–acceptor complexes, <strong>in</strong> b<strong>in</strong>uclear metal–metal CT<br />
complexes, 16 and <strong>in</strong> CT crystals. 64 It is commonly expla<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> terms of the<br />
weak coupl<strong>in</strong>g limit of the theory of vibronic band shapes yield<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
l<strong>in</strong>ear-logarithmic dependence proportional to Fi ln Fi on the vertical<br />
energy gap Fi. 17 On the contrary, a strictly l<strong>in</strong>ear dependence proportional<br />
to Fi arises from the Q model.<br />
To complete the Q model, one needs to relate the model parameters to<br />
spectral observables. Already, the reorganization energies li are directly<br />
related to the solvent-<strong>in</strong>duced <strong>in</strong>homogeneous widths of absorption (i ¼ 1)<br />
80<br />
40<br />
0<br />
Beyond the Parabolas 173<br />
2<br />
1<br />
βλ 1 = 40<br />
α 1 = 4<br />
Figure 7 The free energy surfaces F1ðXÞ (1) and F2ðXÞ (2) at various a1; I ¼ 0. The<br />
dashed l<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong>dicates the position of the fluctuation boundary X0.<br />
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