Surface photochemistry

Autor: Paul de Mayo, H. Al-Ekabi
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron. 42:6277-6284
ISSN: 0040-4020
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)88090-x
Popis: The CdS dispersion mediated photoinduccd dimerization of N-vinylcarbazole (NVC) has been investigated and found to be efficient. The rate of reaction is not affected over quite a wide range of CdS masses at constant NVC concentration in solution. The reaction requires the presence of oxygen. At low light intensities the rate is linearly related thereto. A cation radical mechanism is proposed since the reaction can be efficiently quenched by electron donors. The dimerization appears to follow the Langmuir-Hinshelwood and modified Eley-Rideal mechanisms, as does the quenching. CdS of different origins with different surface areas, purities and structures were used and the rates varied by a factor of four. None of these functions appears to play a dominant role in the rate of dimerization. The variation in rates and in activation energies suggested the importance of traps located close to the conduction band.
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