Semiclassical treatments of electron transfer rate from weak to strong electronic coupling regime

Abstract

Electron transfer (ET) rate is a fundamental parameter to characterize ET processes in physical, chemical, material and biologic sciences. It is affected by a number of quantum phenomena, such as nuclear tunneling, curve crossing, quantum interference, and the coupling to the environment. It is thus a challenge to accurately evaluate the ET rate since one has to incorporate both quantum effects and dissipation. In this review article, we present several semiclassical theories proposed in our group to cover the regime from weak to strong electronic coupling. Their applications to some concrete systems are also shown.

Keywords

electron transfer (ET) / solvent dynamic effect / electronic coupling / theoretical study

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Professor Nakamura and Professor Nelsen for valuable collaborations, and also appreciate the contributions from the group members: Dr. Zhu, Dr. Zhang, Mr. Zhen, Miss Han. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20773115, 20833004).

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