Joseph C Cooper, David M P Holland, Rebecca A Ingle, Matteo Bonanomi, Davide Faccialà, Nelson De Oliveira, Abdul R Abid, Julien Bachmann, Surjendu Bhattacharyya, Kurtis Borne, Michael Bosch, Martin Centurion, Keyu Chen, Ruaridh J G Forbes, Huynh V S Lam, Asami Odate, Artem Rudenko, Anbu S Venkatachalam, Caterina Vozzi, Enliang Wang, Peter M Weber, Michael N R Ashfold, Adam Kirrander, Daniel Rolles
The absolute photoabsorption cross sections of norbornadiene (NBD) and quadricyclane (QC), two isomers with chemical formula C7H8 that are attracting much interest for solar energy storage applications, have been measured from threshold up to 10.8 eV using the Fourier transform spectrometer at the SOLEIL synchrotron radiation facility. The absorption spectrum of NBD exhibits some sharp structure associated with transitions into Rydberg states, superimposed on several broad bands attributable to valence excitations...
February 14, 2024: Journal of Chemical Physics