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Numerical solution of solvent reorganization energy and its application in electron transfer reaction

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According to our recent studies on the nonequilibrium solvation, the solvent reorganization energy λ s is found to be the cost of maintaining the residual polarization, which equilibrates with the constraining extra electric field. In this work, a matrix form of λ s has been formulated based our new analytical expression of the solvent reorganization energy. By means of the integral equation formulation-polarizable continuum model (IEF-PCM), a new numerical algorithm for λ s has been implemented as a subroutine coupled with the Q-Chem package. Then, we have performed a comparison of numerical results with analytical solution obtained by two-sphere model for λ s in self-exchange electron transfer (ET) reaction of He–He+ system. The numerical results and analytical solution coincide as the distance between the donor and the acceptor. In order to compare with our pervious numerical algorithm with dielectric polarizable continuum model, self-exchange ET reactions between tetracyanoethylene, tetrathiafulvalene, and their corresponding ionic radicals in acetonitrile have been studied. Overall, the solvent reorganization energy calculated by IEF-PCM is more reasonable since IEF-PCM gives a better self-energy of surface element.

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  1. College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China

    Ting-Jun Bi, Mei-Jun Ming, Hai-Sheng Ren & Xiang-Yuan Li

  2. Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China

    Jian-Yi Ma

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Dedicated to Professor Guosen Yan and published as part of the special collection of articles celebrating his 85th birthday.

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Bi, TJ., Ming, MJ., Ren, HS. et al. Numerical solution of solvent reorganization energy and its application in electron transfer reaction. Theor Chem Acc 133, 1557 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-014-1557-7

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