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Electronic structure and solvation of copper and silver ions: a theoretical picture of a model aqueous redox reaction
Authors:Blumberger Jochen  Bernasconi Leonardo  Tavernelli Ivano  Vuilleumier Rodolphe  Sprik Michiel
Affiliation:Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
Abstract:Electronic states and solvation of Cu and Ag aqua ions are investigated by comparing the Cu(2+) + e(-)--> Cu(+) and Ag(2+) + e(-)--> Ag(+) redox reactions using density functional-based computational methods. The coordination number of aqueous Cu(2+) is found to fluctuate between 5 and 6 and reduces to 2 for Cu(+), which forms a tightly bound linear dihydrate. Reduction of Ag(2+) changes the coordination number from 5 to 4. The energetics of the oxidation reactions is analyzed by comparing vertical ionization potentials, relaxation energies, and vertical electron affinities. The model is validated by a computation of the free energy of the full redox reaction Ag(2+) + Cu(+) --> Ag(+) + Cu(2+). Investigation of the one-electron states shows that the redox active frontier orbitals are confined to the energy gap between occupied and empty states of the pure solvent and localized on the metal ion hydration complex. The effect of solvent fluctuations on the electronic states is highlighted in a computation of the UV absorption spectrum of Cu(+) and Ag(+).
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