Dissociation of Sulfuric Acid in Aqueous Solution: Determination of the Photoelectron Spectral Fingerprints of H2SO4, HSO4鈥?/sup>, and SO42鈥?/sup>
文摘
In the work described here, the electronic structure of sulfuric acid in water is explored by liquid-jet photoelectron spectroscopy. From the S2p photoelectron spectra of H2SO4聽(aq), measured over a large concentration range and aided by previously reported HSO4鈥?/sup>/SO42- and HSO4鈥?/sup>/H2SO4 concentration ratios in the bulk solution, we obtain detailed electronic structure information of each species. Comparing our results with previous studies on the dissociation of nitric acid, we argue that the solvation structure of H2SO4聽(aq) changes around 5鈥? M concentration, at which point a dramatic change in both the HSO4鈥?/sup> photoelectron peak width and binding energy occurs.