Quantitative evaluation of transient valence orbital occupations in a 3d transition metal complex as seen from the metal and ligand perspective
- It is demonstrated for the case of photo-excited ferrocyanide how time-resolved soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy in transmission geometry at the ligand K-edge and metal L-3-edge provides quantitatively equivalent valence electronic structure information, where signatures of photo-oxidation are assessed locally at the metal as well as the ligand. This allows for a direct and independent quantification of the number of photo-oxidized molecules at two soft X-ray absorption edges highlighting the sensitivity of X-ray absorption spectroscopy to the valence orbital occupation of 3d transition metal complexes throughout the soft X-ray range.
| Author details: | Raphael M. JayORCiDGND, Sebastian EckertORCiDGND, Rolf MitznerORCiDGND, Mattis FondellORCiD, Alexander FöhlischORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137681 |
| ISSN: | 0009-2614 |
| ISSN: | 1873-4448 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Chemical physics letters |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Place of publishing: | Amsterdam |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2020/06/20 |
| Publication year: | 2020 |
| Release date: | 2024/01/17 |
| Tag: | iron cyanides; photochemistry; soft X-ray absorption |
| Volume: | 754 |
| Article number: | 137681 |
| Number of pages: | 5 |
| Funding institution: | ERC-ADG-2014 under the Horizon 2020 EU Framework Program for Research; and Innovation [669531 EDAX] |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
| DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
