Elucidating light-induced charge accumulation in an artificial analogue of methane monooxygenase enzymes using time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy.
Dooshaye MoonshiramAntonio PicónAlvaro Vazquez-MayagoitiaXiaoyi ZhangMing-Feng TuPablo Garrido-BarrosJean-Pierre MahyFrédéric AvenierAlly AukaulooPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
We report the use of time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the ns-μs time scale to track the light induced two electron transfer processes in a multi-component photocatalytic system, consisting of [Ru(bpy)3]2+/ a diiron(iii,iii) model/triethylamine. EXAFS analysis with DFT calculations confirms the structural configurations of the diiron(iii,iii) and reduced diiron(ii,ii) states.