Investigation of geminate recombination of radical ion pairs generated by dissociation of exciplexes in moderately polar solvents using the photoconductivity technique |
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Authors: | Leonid V. Lukin |
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Affiliation: | aInstitute of Energy Problems of Chemical Physics (Branch), Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, P.O. Box 56, Moscow Region 142432, Russian Federation |
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Abstract: | A new approach to determination of the recombination rate of radical ion pairs in moderately polar solvents is presented. It is based on an investigation of transient photocurrents caused by dissociation of exciplexes generated in photoinduced electron transfer reactions. It has been shown that the recombination rate of geminate ion pairs can be found from the photocurrent rise time. We have applied such an approach to transient photocurrents observed by Hirata et al. [Y. Hirata, Y. Kanda, N. Mataga, J. Phys. Chem. 87 (1983) 1659] for the pyrene/dicyanobenzene system in solvents of moderate polarity. The increase of the obtained recombination rate of photogenerated ions with increasing polarity of solvent testifies that ions recombine mainly by the backward electron transfer from the dicyanobenzene anions to solvent-separated cations of pyrene. |
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Keywords: | Photoionization Photochemical charge separation Exciplexes Photoconductivity |
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