Excitation and fragmentation of the dielectric gas C4F7N: Electrons vs photons

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RIV/00216208:11320/23:10467336 RIV/60461373:22340/23:43928106

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0339258" target="_blank" >https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0339258</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0130216" target="_blank" >10.1063/5.0130216</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Excitation and fragmentation of the dielectric gas C4F7N: Electrons vs photons

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

C4F7N is a promising candidate for the replacement of sulfur hexafluoride as an insulating medium, and it is important to understand the chemical changes initiated in the molecule by collision with free electrons, specifically the formation of neutral fragments. The first step of neutral fragmentation is electronic excitation, yet neither the absorption spectrum in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region nor the electron energy loss spectrum have previously been reported. Here, we experimentally probed the excited states by VUV photoabsorption spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). We found that the distribution of states populated upon electron impact with low-energy electrons is significantly different from that following photoabsorption. This difference was confirmed and interpreted with ab initio modeling of both VUV and EELS spectra. We propose here a new computational protocol for the simulation of EELS spectra combining the Born approximation with approximate forms of correlated wave functions, which allows us to calculate the (usually very expensive) scattering cross sections at a cost similar to the calculation of oscillator strengths. Finally, we perform semi-classical non-adiabatic dynamics simulations to investigate the possible neutral fragments of the molecule formed through electron-induced neutral dissociation. We show that the product distribution is highly non-statistical.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Excitation and fragmentation of the dielectric gas C4F7N: Electrons vs photons

Popis výsledku anglicky

C4F7N is a promising candidate for the replacement of sulfur hexafluoride as an insulating medium, and it is important to understand the chemical changes initiated in the molecule by collision with free electrons, specifically the formation of neutral fragments. The first step of neutral fragmentation is electronic excitation, yet neither the absorption spectrum in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region nor the electron energy loss spectrum have previously been reported. Here, we experimentally probed the excited states by VUV photoabsorption spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). We found that the distribution of states populated upon electron impact with low-energy electrons is significantly different from that following photoabsorption. This difference was confirmed and interpreted with ab initio modeling of both VUV and EELS spectra. We propose here a new computational protocol for the simulation of EELS spectra combining the Born approximation with approximate forms of correlated wave functions, which allows us to calculate the (usually very expensive) scattering cross sections at a cost similar to the calculation of oscillator strengths. Finally, we perform semi-classical non-adiabatic dynamics simulations to investigate the possible neutral fragments of the molecule formed through electron-induced neutral dissociation. We show that the product distribution is highly non-statistical.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10403 - Physical chemistry

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Chemical Physics

ISSN

0021-9606

e-ISSN

1089-7690

Svazek periodika

158

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

014303

Kód UT WoS článku

000906812600009

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85145873387