Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Efficient electron transfer across hydrogen bond interfaces by proton-coupled and -uncoupled pathways

  • Tao Cheng,
  • Dong Xue Shen,
  • Miao Meng,
  • Suman Mallick,
  • Lijiu Cao,
  • Nathan J. Patmore,
  • Hong Li Zhang,
  • Shan Feng Zou,
  • Huo Wen Chen,
  • Yi Qin,
  • Yi Yang Wu,
  • Chun Y. Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09392-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Thermal electron transfer across hydrogen bond remains largely unexplored. Here the authors demonstrate that electron self-exchange through hydrogen bonds is highly efficient and can proceed either via the known proton-coupled pathway or an overlooked proton-uncoupled pathway