How Water–Ion Interactions Control the Formation of Hydrated Electron:Sodium Cation Contact Pairs

• Published in: The journal of physical chemistry. B Vol. 125; no. 47; pp. 13027 - 13040
• Main Authors: Park, Sanghyun J, Narvaez, Wilberth A, Schwartz, Benjamin J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 02.12.2021
• Subjects: B: Liquids; Chemical and Dynamical Processes in Solution; Cations; Electrons; Sodium; solvation; spectral analysis; spectroscopy; Spectrum Analysis; Water
• ISSN: 1520-6106; 1520-5207; 1520-5207
• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c08256

Although solvated electrons are a perennial subject of interest, relatively little attention has been paid to the way they behave in aqueous electrolytes. Experimentally, it is known that the hydrated electron’s (e aq –) absorption spectrum shifts to the blue in the presence of salts, and the magnit...