We report on the carrier-rotor coupling effect in perovskite organic-inorganic hybrid lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) compounds discovered by isotope effects. Deuterated organic-inorganic perovskite compounds including CH3ND3PbI3, CD3NH3PbI3, and CD3ND3PbI3 were synthesized. Devices made from regular CH3NH3PbI3 and deuterated CH3ND3PbI3 exhibit comparable performance in band gap, current-voltage, carrier mobility, and power conversion efficiency. However, a time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) study reveals that CH3NH3PbI3 exhibits notably longer carrier lifetime than that of CH3ND3PbI3, in both thin-film and single-crystal formats. Furthermore, the comparison in carrier lifetime between CD3NH3PbI3 and CH3ND3PbI3 single crystals suggests that vibrational modes in methylammonium (MA(+)) have little impact on carrier lifetime. In contrast, the fully deuterated compound CD3ND3PbI3 reconfirmed the trend of decreasing carrier lifetime upon the increasing moment of inertia of cationic MA(+). Polaron model elucidates the electron-rotor interaction.
The radical cation of cytosine (Cyt ) is generated by dissociative oxidation from a ternary Cu complex in the gas phase. The radical cation is characterized by infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy in the fingerprint region, UV/Vis photodissociation (UVPD) spectroscopy, ion-molecule reactions, and theoretical calculations (density functional theory and ab initio). The experimental IRMPD spectrum features diagnostic bands for two enol-amino and two keto-amino tautomers of Cyt that are calculated to be among the lowest energy isomers, in agreement with a previous study. Although the UVPD action spectrum can also be matched to a combination of the four lowest energy tautomers, the presence of a nonclassical distonic radical cation cannot be ruled out. Its formation is, however, unlikely due to the high energy of this isomer and the respective ternary Cu complex. Gas-phase ion-molecule reactions showed that Cyt undergoes hydrogen-atom abstraction from 1-propanethiol, radical recombination reactions with nitric oxide, and electron transfer from dimethyl disulfide.
A new decarbonylation reaction is observed for [(K-acetate)Pd(K-diphosphine)] complexes. Gas-phase IR experiments identify the product as [CHPd(OP(Ph)CHPPh)]. DFT calculations uncovered a plausible mechanism involving O atom abstraction by the diphosphine ligand within the coordination sphere to yield the acetyl complex, [CHCOPd(OP(Ph)CHPPh)], which then undergoes decarbonylation.
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