Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Vibrationally excited molecular hydrogen production from the water photochemistry

  • Yao Chang,
  • Feng An,
  • Zhichao Chen,
  • Zijie Luo,
  • Yarui Zhao,
  • Xixi Hu,
  • Jiayue Yang,
  • Weiqing Zhang,
  • Guorong Wu,
  • Daiqian Xie,
  • Kaijun Yuan,
  • Xueming Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26599-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Understanding the source of vibrationally excited molecular hydrogen is an essential prerequisite for understanding the chemical evolution in the universe. Here the authors report a photodissociation pathway to produce vibrationally excited H2 via the water photochemistry.