Open AccessPhotoinduced Electron and Proton Transfer with Metal Complexes and Organic Molecules
Author(s) -
Oliver S. Wenger
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2013.337
Subject(s) - organic molecules , electron transfer , valence (chemistry) , context (archaeology) , proton , molecule , electrochemistry , photochemistry , valence electron , metal , electron , work (physics) , proton coupled electron transfer , photoinduced electron transfer , chemistry , materials science , chemical physics , electrode , organic chemistry , physics , nuclear physics , paleontology , thermodynamics , biology
This article provides an overview of some of the research performed in the author's group over the past few years. This includes work on organic mixed-valence species with photoisomerizable components, as well as studies of proton-coupled electron transfer between photoexcited metal complexes and organic reaction partners. This research relies on a combination of synthetic work with optical spectroscopic and electrochemical studies, and the results are relevant in the greater context of light-to-chemical energy conversion.