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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Efficient Photo-Driven Electron Transfer from Amino Group-Decorated Adamantane to Water.

Xiangfei Wang, Jonathan Remmert, Beate Paulus, Annika Bande

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Xiangfei WangInstitute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-3576-7527
Jonathan RemmertDepartment of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0006-1441-3852
Beate PaulusInstitute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9834-4949
Annika BandeHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3827-9169

Funding

China Scholarship Council 202006230131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanodiamonds in water can generate solvated electrons under ultraviolet (UV) excitation, but UV light constitutes only a small portion of solar energy. To harvest solar energy in the visible range, we investigate band gap reduction via surface amino functionalization and examine its impact on photo-excited charge transfer to water. Adamantane, the smallest nanodiamond, is used as a model due to its electron emission properties. Liquid water is first represented using water dimers and then complete solvation shell structures surrounding the adamantane. By systematically analyzing different functionalized adamantane structures, we find that nitrogen serves as the primary electron donor to nearby water molecules. Furthermore, the negative electron affinity of adamantane, which determines its emission capability, is preserved with half of the amino group functionalization on the surface. Our findings motivate further experimental verification using nanodiamonds with amino-functionalized surfaces.

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adamantaneamino groupelectron transferexcited stateslinear response time-dependent density functional theory (LR-TDDFT)

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PMID40871549
PMCPMC12388030

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