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Published on: May 29, 2018
Room-temperature photoinduced electron transfer in a Prussian blue analogue under hydrostatic pressure
Jean-Daniel Cafun1, Julien Lejeune, François Baudelet
1Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay-UMR 8182, Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique, 91405 Orsay, France.
Abstract:
In from the cold: The Co(III)Fe(II) state of a CoFe Prussian blue analogue undergoes a Co(III)-Fe(II) →(Co(II)-Fe(III))* electron transfer at room temperature when irradiated by visible light (532 nm; see scheme). This property was confirmed using energy-dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Co and Fe K-edges of the piezo-induced Co(III)Fe(II) state.
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