Nature Communications (Apr 2021)
Three body photodissociation of the water molecule and its implications for prebiotic oxygen production
- Yao Chang,
- Yong Yu,
- Feng An,
- Zijie Luo,
- Donghui Quan,
- Xia Zhang,
- Xixi Hu,
- Qinming Li,
- Jiayue Yang,
- Zhichao Chen,
- Li Che,
- Weiqing Zhang,
- Guorong Wu,
- Daiqian Xie,
- Michael N. R. Ashfold,
- Kaijun Yuan,
- Xueming Yang
Affiliations
- Yao Chang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yong Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Feng An
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Nanjing University
- Zijie Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Donghui Quan
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Xia Zhang
- Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xixi Hu
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Nanjing University
- Qinming Li
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jiayue Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhichao Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Li Che
- Department of Physics, School of Science, Dalian Maritime University
- Weiqing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guorong Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Daiqian Xie
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Nanjing University
- Michael N. R. Ashfold
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
- Kaijun Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xueming Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22824-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
Three-body dissociation of water, producing one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms, has been difficult to investigate due to the lack of intense vacuum ultraviolet sources. Here, using a tunable free-electron laser, the authors obtain quantum yields for this channel showing that it is a possible route to prebiotic oxygen formation in interstellar environments.
