Solvent control of charge transfer excited state relaxation pathways in [Fe(2,2′-bipyridine)(CN)4]2−

• DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07838b
• Publication Date: 2018-01-19T10:34:05Z
• Authors: Kasper S. Kjær; Kristjan Kunnus; Tobias C. B. Harlang; Tim B. Van Driel; Kathryn Ledbetter; Robert W. Hartsock; Marco E. Reinhard; Sergey Koroidov; Lin Li; Mads G. Laursen; Elisa Biasin; Frederik B. Hansen; Peter Vester; Morten Christensen; Kristoffer Haldrup; Martin M. Nielsen; Pavel Chabera; Yizhu Liu; Hideyuki Tatsuno; Cornelia Timm; Jens Uhlig; Villy Sundstöm; Zoltán Németh; Dorottya Sárosiné...; Éva Bajnóczi; György Vankó; Roberto Alonso-Mori; James M. Glownia; Silke Nelson; Marcin Sikorski; Dimosthenis Sokaras; Henrik T. Lemke; Sophie E. Canton; Kenneth Wärnmark; Petter Persson; Amy A. Cordones; Kelly J. Gaffney
• Keywords: 2,2'-Bipyridine; Bipyridine

By combining transient X-ray and optical studies, we reveal the solvent influence on excited state potential energy surfaces of [Fe(bpy)(CN)₄]²⁻.