Photoinduced dissociative electron transfer: Is the quantum yield theoretically predicted to equal unity?

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 514-517

  Robert, Marc ^a   Savéant, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0039246829     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9928226     Document Type: Article

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