Photoinduced proton coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions, in which the charge transfer process is initiated by light absorption, are of special interest to both theoretical and experimental studies. In this work, by employing the non-perturbative hierarchical equation of motion method, we investigate several aspects of concerted photoinduced PCET based on an extended spin-boson model where the correlation between the electron and proton baths is considered explicitly. It is found that the vibrational relaxation on the donor state plays an important role in the initial stage of the non-equilibrium PCET dynamics after photon excitation, and the equilibrium rate dynamics is recovered at times longer than the vibrational relaxation time scale. The numerically exact results are compared with those obtained from the non-equilibrium Fermi’s golden rule, which is found to be less accurate for the non-equilibrium dynamics in the case of large electronic couplings. The isotope effect in photoinduced PCET is also investigated, where the non-equilibrium dynamics and equilibrium rate dynamics show very different isotope effects.

2.
S. Y.
Reece
and
D. G.
Nocera
,
Annu. Rev. Biochem.
78
,
673
(
2009
).
3.
A.
Migliore
,
N. F.
Polizzi
,
M. J.
Therien
, and
D. N.
Beratan
,
Chem. Rev.
114
,
3381
(
2014
).
4.
R. I.
Cukier
and
D. G.
Nocera
,
Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem.
49
,
337
(
1998
).
5.
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
and
A. A.
Stuchebrukhov
,
Chem. Rev.
110
,
6939
(
2010
).
6.
D. R.
Weinberg
,
C. J.
Gagliardi
,
J. F.
Hull
,
C. F.
Murphy
,
C. A.
Kent
,
B. C.
Westlake
,
A.
Paul
,
D. H.
Ess
,
D. G.
McCafferty
, and
T. J.
Meyer
,
Chem. Rev.
112
,
4016
(
2012
).
7.
J. S.
Kretchmer
and
T. F.
Miller
 III
,
J. Chem. Phys.
138
,
134109
(
2013
).
8.
J. S.
Kretchmer
and
T. F.
Miller
,
Inorg. Chem.
55
,
1022
(
2016
).
9.
S. J.
Cotton
,
K.
Igumenshchev
, and
W. H.
Miller
,
J. Chem. Phys.
141
,
084104
(
2014
).
10.
F.
Shakib
and
G.
Hanna
,
J. Chem. Phys.
141
,
044122
(
2014
).
11.
F.
Shakib
and
G.
Hanna
,
J. Chem. Theory Comput.
12
,
3020
(
2016
).
12.
N. H.
Damrauer
,
J. M.
Hodgkiss
,
J.
Rosenthal
, and
D. G.
Nocera
,
J. Phys. Chem. B
108
,
6315
(
2004
).
13.
S. Y.
Reece
,
M. R.
Seyedsayamdost
,
J.
Stubbe
, and
D. G.
Nocera
,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
128
,
13654
(
2006
).
14.
T.
Irebo
,
S. Y.
Reece
,
M.
Sjödin
,
D. G.
Nocera
, and
L.
Hammarström
,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
129
,
15462
(
2007
).
15.
J.
Bonin
and
M.
Robert
,
Photochem. Photobiol.
87
,
1190
(
2011
).
16.
I. A.
Solovýov
,
T.
Domratcheva
,
A. R.
Moughal Shahi
, and
K.
Schulten
,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
134
,
18046
(
2012
).
17.
M.
Kuss-Petermann
,
H.
Wolf
,
D.
Stalke
, and
O. S.
Wenger
,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
134
,
12844
(
2012
).
18.
T. T.
Eisenhart
and
J. L.
Dempsey
,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
136
,
12221
(
2014
).
19.
F.
Collette
,
T.
Renger
, and
M.
Schmidt am Busch
,
J. Phys. Chem. B
118
,
11109
(
2014
).
20.
B.
Li
,
J.
Zhao
,
K.
Onda
,
K. D.
Jordan
,
J. L.
Yang
, and
H.
Petek
,
Science
311
,
1436
(
2006
).
21.
I.
McConnell
,
G.
Li
and
G. W.
Brudvig
,
Chem. Biol.
17
,
434
(
2010
).
22.
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
2
,
1410
(
2011
).
23.
C. J.
Gagliardi
,
A. K.
Vannucci
,
J. J.
Concepcion
,
Z.
Chen
, and
T. J.
Meyer
,
Energy Environ. Sci.
5
,
7704
(
2012
).
24.
M.
Sjödin
,
S.
Styring
,
B.
Åkermark
,
L.
Sun
, and
L.
Hammarström
,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
122
,
3932
(
2000
).
25.
J. L.
Cape
,
M. K.
Bowman
, and
D. M.
Kramer
,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
127
,
4208
(
2005
).
26.
M.
Sjödin
,
T.
Irebo
,
J. E.
Utas
,
J.
Lind
,
G.
Merényi
,
B.
Åkermark
, and
L.
Hammarström
,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
128
,
13076
(
2006
).
27.
V.
May
and
O.
Kühn
,
Charge and Energy Transfer Dynamics in Molecular Systems
, 3rd ed. (
Wiley-VCH
,
Weinheim
,
2011
).
28.
U.
Weiss
,
Quantum Dissipative Systems
, 4th ed. (
World Scientific
,
New Jersey
,
2012
).
29.
J. Y.
Fang
and
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Chem. Phys.
107
,
5727
(
1997
).
30.
C.
Venkataraman
,
A. V.
Soudackov
, and
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Chem. Phys.
131
,
154502
(
2009
).
31.
C.
Venkataraman
,
A. V.
Soudackov
, and
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Phys. Chem. C
114
,
487
(
2010
).
32.
A.
Hazra
,
A. V.
Soudackov
, and
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Phys. Chem. B
114
,
12319
(
2010
).
33.
A.
Hazra
,
A. V.
Soudackov
, and
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
2
,
36
(
2011
).
34.
A. V.
Soudackov
,
A.
Hazra
, and
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Chem. Phys.
135
,
144115
(
2011
).
35.
B.
Auer
,
A. V.
Soudackov
, and
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Phys. Chem. B
116
,
7695
(
2012
).
36.
P.
Goyal
,
C. A.
Schwerdtfeger
,
A. V.
Soudackov
, and
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Phys. Chem. B
119
,
2758
(
2015
).
37.
P.
Goyal
,
C. A.
Schwerdtfeger
,
A. V.
Soudackov
, and
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Phys. Chem. B
120
,
2407
(
2016
).
38.
D.
Egorova
,
M.
Thoss
,
W.
Domcke
, and
H.
Wang
,
J. Chem. Phys.
119
,
2761
(
2003
).
39.
O.
Kühn
and
L.
Wöste
,
Analysis and Control of Ultrafast Photoinduced Reactions
(
Springer
,
Berlin
,
2007
).
40.
M.
Tanaka
and
Y.
Tanimura
,
J. Chem. Phys.
132
,
214502
(
2010
).
41.
Y.
Tanimura
and
R.
Kubo
,
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
58
,
101
(
1989
).
42.
A.
Ishizaki
and
Y.
Tanimura
,
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
74
,
3131
(
2005
).
43.
Y.
Tanimura
,
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
75
,
082001
(
2006
).
44.
R.-X.
Xu
,
P.
Cui
,
X.-Q.
Li
,
Y.
Mo
, and
Y.-J.
Yan
,
J. Chem. Phys.
122
,
041103
(
2005
).
45.
Y.-A.
Yan
,
F.
Yang
,
Y.
Liu
, and
J.-S.
Shao
,
Chem. Phys. Lett.
395
,
216
(
2004
).
46.
Q.
Shi
,
L.-P.
Chen
,
G.-J.
Nan
,
R.-X.
Xu
, and
Y.-J.
Yan
,
J. Chem. Phys.
130
,
084105
(
2009
).
47.
Y.
Tanimura
and
P. J.
Wolynes
,
Phys. Rev. A
43
,
4131
(
1991
).
48.
R.-X.
Xu
,
Y.
Chen
,
P.
Cui
,
H.-W.
Ke
, and
Y.-J.
Yan
,
J. Phys. Chem. A
111
,
9618
(
2007
).
49.
Q.
Shi
,
L.-P.
Chen
,
G.-J.
Nan
,
R.-X.
Xu
, and
Y.-J.
Yan
,
J. Chem. Phys.
130
,
164518
(
2009
).
50.
L.-P.
Chen
and
Q.
Shi
,
J. Chem. Phys.
130
,
134505
(
2009
).
51.
Q.
Shi
,
L. L.
Zhu
, and
L. P.
Chen
,
J. Chem. Phys.
135
,
044505
(
2011
).
52.
W.
Xie
,
Y.
Xu
,
L.
Zhu
, and
Q.
Shi
,
J. Chem. Phys.
140
,
174105
(
2014
).
53.
A.
Garg
,
J. N.
Onuchic
, and
V.
Ambegaokar
,
J. Chem. Phys.
83
,
4491
(
1985
).
54.
R. D.
Coalson
,
D. G.
Evans
, and
A.
Nitzan
,
J. Chem. Phys.
101
,
436
(
1994
).
55.
M.
Cho
and
R. J.
Silbey
,
J. Chem. Phys.
103
,
595
(
1995
).
56.
A. F.
Izmaylov
,
D.
Mendive-Tapia
,
M. J.
Bearpark
,
M. A.
Robb
,
J. C.
Tully
, and
M. J.
Frisch
,
J. Chem. Phys.
135
,
234106
(
2011
).
57.
X.
Sun
and
E.
Geva
,
J. Chem. Theory Comput.
12
,
2926
(
2016
).
58.
X.
Sun
and
E.
Geva
,
J. Chem. Phys.
145
,
064109
(
2016
).
59.
R. H.
Zheng
,
Y. Y.
Sun
, and
Q.
Shi
,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
13
,
2027
(
2011
).
60.
R. R.
Dogonadze
,
A. M.
Kuznetsov
, and
V. G.
Levich
,
Electrochim. Acta
13
,
1025
(
1968
).
61.
A.
Kuznetsov
and
J.
Ulstrup
,
Russ. J. Electrochem.
39
,
9
(
2003
).
62.
J.
Grimminger
,
S.
Bartenschlager
, and
W.
Schmickler
,
Chem. Phys. Lett.
416
,
316
(
2005
).
63.
A.
Soudackov
and
S.
Hammes-Schiffer
,
J. Chem. Phys.
111
,
4672
(
1999
).
64.
M. T. M.
Koper
,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
15
,
1399
(
2013
).
65.
A.
Nitzan
,
Chemical Dynamics in Condensed Phases
(
Oxford University Press
,
New York
,
2006
).
66.
M.
Marchi
,
J.
Gehlen
,
D.
Chandler
, and
M.
Newton
,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
115
,
4178
(
1993
).
67.
W.
Parson
and
A.
Warshel
,
Chem. Phys.
296
,
201
(
2004
).
68.
N.
Ananth
and
T. F.
Miller
 III
,
Mol. Phys.
110
,
1009
(
2012
).
69.
J.
Hu
,
M.
Luo
,
F.
Jiang
,
R.-X.
Xu
, and
Y.-J.
Yan
,
J. Chem. Phys.
134
,
244106
(
2011
).
70.
M.
Topaler
and
N.
Makri
,
J. Chem. Phys.
101
,
7500
(
1994
).
71.
H.
Wang
,
M.
Thoss
, and
W. H.
Miller
,
J. Chem. Phys.
115
,
2979
(
2001
).
72.
I. R.
Craig
,
M.
Thoss
, and
H. B.
Wang
,
J. Chem. Phys.
127
,
144503
(
2007
).
73.
R. I.
Cukier
,
J. Phys. Chem.
99
,
16101
(
1995
).
You do not currently have access to this content.