TRANSIENT KINETICS OF CHARGE SEPARATION IN SOLUTIONS

Kinetics of photoinduced charge separation due to reversible outer sph ere electron transfer processes in asymmetrical dimeric systems, e.g. asymmetrically substituted bianthryl in liquid solutions are investiga ted. The theoretical approach is based on the Zusman type kinetic equa tions and applies to adiabatic and nonadiabatic electron transfer proc esses. Model calculations demonstrating the properties of the steady s tate and the influence of the dielectric relaxation properties of the solvent and the free-energy, DELTAG, on transient populations of the l ocally excited and CT states are presented.