Photoemission electron transfer from solvent

Electron photoemission from solvated electron solution (in solvents such as hexa-methylphosphotriamide and liquid ammonia the solvated electrons are fairly stable) to vapour phase has been studied by Delahay and co-workers (whose works are reviewed in Ref. ). According to them, this process proceeds in three stages solvated electron photoionization diffusion of generated delocalized electrons to the solution s surface and emission proper, i.e. transition of electrons to the vapour phase where they are transferred from the cathode surface (i.e., from the solution) to the anode by the external electric field. 

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