Photoinduced electron transfers in zeolites: impact of the aluminum content on the activation energies

Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2012 Oct;11(10):1515-9. doi: 10.1039/c2pp25121c.

Abstract

We report the activation energy determination corresponding to the recombination of the radical cation electron moiety created through photoionization of the 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene molecule incorporated in ZSM-5 zeolite channels. We demonstrate that the charge separated state stabilization in zeolite does not depend only on the Al content but also on the Al repartition.

MeSH terms

  • Cations
  • Diphenylhexatriene / chemistry*
  • Electron Transport
  • Electrons*
  • Free Radicals
  • Kinetics
  • Light
  • Photolysis
  • Spectrophotometry
  • Temperature
  • Thermodynamics
  • Zeolites / chemistry*

Substances

  • Cations
  • Free Radicals
  • ZSM-5 zeolite
  • Zeolites
  • Diphenylhexatriene