Electron Transfer Rates in Highly Exothermic Reactions on Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interfaces, and the Deuterium Isotope Effect

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j150644a001

Highly exothermic electron transfer rates were measured by semiconductor electrochemical techniques.Experiments demonstrate that the decreases in the electron transfer rates with the exothermicity of the reactions in so-called abnormal regions are much more moderate than the classical predictions, and that this is probably due to the effects of intramolecular vibrations such as C-H stretching and/or bending.