5.2.4: Photoelectron Spectroscopy

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  • A photoelectron spectrum can show the relative energies of occupied MOs by ionization
  • Ionization energy is a direct measure of the energy required to remove the electron concerned from its initial level to the vacuum level (free electron)
  • Photoelectron spectroscopy measures the relative energies of the ground and excited positive ion states that are obtained by removal of single electrons from the neutral molecule
  • Ionization energies are directly related to the energies of molecular orbitals