active state

of a surface photoadsorption centre
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Electronically excited surface centre, or a surface centre (surface site) with a trapped photogenerated charge carrier that interacts with species at the solid/liquid, liquid/liquid, solid/gas, or liquid/gas interfaces with formation of, e.g., chemisorbed species.
See: photoadsorption centre
Source:
PAC, 2011, 83, 931. (Glossary of terms used in photocatalysis and radiation catalysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)) on page 939 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'active state' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.13990 RIS BibTex EndNote
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