Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol.98, No.31, 7444-7447, 1994
Photoinduced Electron-Transfer from Triplet Fullerene, C-3(60), to Tetracyanoethylene - Fourier-Transform Electron-Paramagnetic-Resonance Study
Fourier transform EPR spectroscopy was employed in studying the electron transfer (ET) and the quenching mechanisms of the photoexcited triplet state of C-60 (electron donor) in the presence of the electron acceptor tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) in a benzonitrile solution. The ET reaction product, which is the stable anion radical TCNE-, interacts with C-3(60) (both detected by EPR in the liquid phase), leading to chemically induced dynamic electron polarization of TCNE-, via triplet-doublet mixing mechanism.
Keywords:TIME-RESOLVED EPR;NITROXIDE RADICALS;SPIN POLARIZATION;PAIR MECHANISM;STATE C-60;DYNAMICS;CIDEP;MATRICES