Ionization Potentials of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Nature ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 201 (4925) ◽  
pp. 1214-1215 ◽  
Author(s):  
HARUO KURODA
1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1060-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Tobita ◽  
S. Leach ◽  
H. W. Jochims ◽  
E. Rühl ◽  
E. Illenberger ◽  
...  

Single- and double-ionization appearance potentials of 21 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined by measurement of photoion yield curves using a synchrotron radiation source. Analogous measurements were made by electron impact on three PAHs. The origin of differences, of up to 4 eV, between appearance potentials for double ionization by photon and electron impact is discussed. The ratio of the double- to single-ionization potentials of PAHs was found to be 2.65 ± 0.06 for photon impact, significantly lower than for electron-impact and charge-stripping measurements. An electrostatic model, which considers that PAHs ionize like fragments of graphite, is applied to the PAHs studied and to data on the fullerenes C60 and C70. The validity and limitations of the model are discussed and its analytical and predictive propensities concerning multiple-ionization potentials and processes are demonstrated.


2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Vlad Pӑnescu ◽  
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Mihaela Cӑtӑlina Herghelegiu ◽  
Sorin Pop ◽  
Mircea Anton ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yachu Du ◽  
Kyle Plunkett

We show that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) chromophores that are linked between two five-membered rings can access planarized structures with reduced optical gaps and redox potentials. Two aceanthrylene chromophores were connected into dimer model systems with the chromophores either projected outward (2,2’-biaceanthrylene) or inward (1,1’-biaceanthrylene) and the optical and electronic properties were compared. Only the planar 2,2’-biaceanthrylene system showed significant reductions of the optical gaps (1 eV) and redox potentials in relation to the aceanthrylene monomer.<br>


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yachu Du ◽  
Kyle Plunkett

We show that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) chromophores that are linked between two five-membered rings can access planarized structures with reduced optical gaps and redox potentials. Two aceanthrylene chromophores were connected into dimer model systems with the chromophores either projected outward (2,2’-biaceanthrylene) or inward (1,1’-biaceanthrylene) and the optical and electronic properties were compared. Only the planar 2,2’-biaceanthrylene system showed significant reductions of the optical gaps (1 eV) and redox potentials in relation to the aceanthrylene monomer.<br>


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