Photoredox reactions: Energy storage and halocarbon degradation
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, CA (United States)
This is the final report of a three-year, Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The objectives of this project were the following: (1) To characterize the structures and the structural dynamics of the singlet and triplet states of selected metal-metal bonded systems; (2) To characterize the post-excitation intramolecular electron transfer reactions of these complexes; (3) To investigate strongly adiabatic photo-oxidative addition reactions, including the addition of halocarbons to the electronically excited complexes and their hydrogen-evolving reactions; (4) To seek effective reductant systems that will function in catalytic cycles and regenerate the original, reduced dimer; and (5) To explore the chemistry of metals less expensive than iridium or platinum with regard to their potential for photochemical reactivity. The results include studies of W and Mo clusters with potential multielectron excited state redox reactivity, metal-metal bonded dimers sequestered in liquid crystal environments, d{sup 7} dimers with long-lived photocycles, and photochemically produced oxygen-fluorine systems.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 505273
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-97-1515; ON: DE97007832; TRN: AHC29716%%24
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: [1997]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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