Model charge transfer system

Figure 8 Free energy surfaces for the precursor and successor states of intramolecular electron transfer in a model charge-transfer system. " On the plot the dashed fines indicate the Marcus theory, circles are simulations, and solid lines refer to the Q-model. The vertical dashed line marked Xq indicates the hoimdary of the energy gap fluctuation band predicted by the Q-model. (Reprinted with permission from Ref 54, 1989 American Chemical Society)...

Schematic diagrams appropriate to NMP/TCNQ and TTF/TCNQ are shown in Fig. 30 and are based on experimental studies. Application of the one-dimensional Hubbard model to analyse low and high temperature data for NMP/TCNQ yielded consistent values of U and t. For TTF/TCNQ and HMTSF/TCNQ, the increased cation polarizability is believed to have successfully reduced the strength of the effective electron-electron interaction with the result that a true metal-semiconductor transition is observed at 58 K for TTF/TCNQ which disappears completely for HMTSF/TCNQ. At present the advantages of using complex salts as against simple salts of charge-transfer systems to produce organic metals are not clear, particularly since the...

The two-form model has its roots in the valence-bond charge-transfer (VB-CT) model derived by Mulliken [84] and used with minor modifications by Warshel et al. for studying reactions in solutions [114]. Goddard et al. applied this VB-CT model to study the nonlinear optical properties of tire charge-transfer systems. [27, 59]. The analysis of the relationship between electronic and vibrational components of the hyperpolarizabilities within the two-state valence-bond approach was presented by Bishop et al. [17]. Despite the limitations of the VB-CT model, it is very simple and gives some insight into mutual relationships between nonlinear optical responses through the various orders. 

G. Del Re, A. Peluso, and C. Minichino H-Bridges and Electron Transfer in Biomolecules. Study of a Possible Mechanism on a Model Charge-Recombination System. Can. J. Chem. 63, 1850-1856 (1985). 

Keller, H. J., and Soos,-Z. G. Solid Charge-Transfer Complexes of Phenazines. 127, 169-216 (1985). Kellogg, R. M. Bioorganic Modelling — Stereoselective Reactions with Chiral Neutral Ligand Complexes as Model Systems for Enzyme Catalysis. 101, 111-145 (1982). 

Similar results have recently been reported by Aspnes and Heller. They proposed an autocatalytic model for photoactive systems involving metal/compound semiconductor interfaces. To explain induction times in CdS systems (.9), they suggest that hydrogen incorporated in the solid lowers the barrier to charge transfer across the interface and thereby accelerates H2 production rates. 

In the previous Sections (2.1-2.3) we summarized the experimental and computational results concerning on the size-dependent electronic structure of nanoparticles supported by more or less inert (carbon or oxide) and strongly interacting (metallic) substrates. In the following sections the (usually qualitative) models will be discussed in detail, which were developed to interpret the observed data. The emphasis will be placed on systems prepared on inert supports, since - as it was described in Section 2.3 - the behavior of metal adatoms or adlayers on metallic substrates can be understood in terms of charge transfer processes. 

In our opinion, the interesting photoresponses described by Dvorak et al. were incorrectly interpreted by the spurious definition of the photoinduced charge transfer impedance [157]. Formally, the impedance under illumination is determined by the AC admittance under constant illumination associated with a sinusoidal potential perturbation, i.e., under short-circuit conditions. From a simple phenomenological model, the dynamics of photoinduced charge transfer affect the charge distribution across the interface, thus according to the frequency of potential perturbation, the time constants associated with the various rate constants can be obtained [156,159-163]. It can be concluded from the magnitude of the photoeffects observed in the systems studied by Dvorak et al., that the impedance of the system is mostly determined by the time constant. 

It should be mentioned that one can detect two types of equilibrium in the model of charge transfer in the absorbate - adsorbent system (i) complete transition of chemisorbed particles into the charged form and (ii) flattening of Fermi level of adsorbent and energy level of chemisorbed particles. The former type takes place in the case of substantially low concentration of adsorbed particles characterized by high affinity to electron compared to the work function of semiconductor (for acceptor adsorbates) or small value of ionization potential (for donor adsorbates). The latter type can take place for sufficiently large concentration of chemisorbed particles. 

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