Photoelectron spectroscopy of cryogenically cooled NiO2¯ via slow photoelectron velocity-map imaging

27 May 2022, Version 1
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Abstract

High-resolution anion photoelectron spectra of cryogenically cooled NiO2¯ anions, obtained using slow photoelectron velocity-map imaging (cryo-SEVI), are presented in tandem with coupled cluster electronic structure calculations including relativistic effects. The experimental spectra encompass the , , and photodetachment transitions of linear ONiO0/-, revealing previously unobserved vibrational structure in all three electronic bands. The high-resolution afforded by cryo-SEVI allows for the extraction of vibrational frequencies for each state, congruent with those previously measured in the ground state and in good agreement with scalar-relativistic coupled-cluster calculations. Previously unobserved vibrational structure is observed in the and states and is tentatively assigned. Further, a refined electron affinity of 3.0464(7) eV for NiO2 is obtained as well as precise term energies for the and states of NiO2 of 0.3982(7) and 0.7422(10) eV, respectively. Numerous Franck-Condon forbidden transitions involving the doubly degenerate v2 bending mode are observed and ascribed to Herzberg-Teller coupling to an excited electronic state.

Keywords

photoelectron spectroscopy
theoretical chemistry
structure
metal oxides
vibrational spectroscopy

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