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Reduction of Eu$$^{3+}$$ by multiphoton excitation in alcohol solutions

Matsuda, Shohei  ; Nakashima, Nobuaki*; Yokoyama, Keiichi  ; Yatsuhashi, Tomoyuki*; Chosrowjan, H.*; Taniguchi, Seiji*; Somekawa, Toshihiro*

The photoredox reactions of lanthanides as a photochemical separative technique proposed in the 1970s are expected to be applied for recovery and recycling of rare metals and nuclear fuel reprocessing. In this study, Eu$$^{3+}$$ ions in methanol and ethanol solutions were reduced to Eu$$^{2+}$$ ions upon irradiation with nanosecond laser pulses. Eu$$^{2+}$$ was observed when the laser wavelength was tuned to f-f transition bands at 394 and 465 nm. The formation rate of Eu$$^{2+}$$ was proportional to the square of the incident laser intensity, indicating that the photoreduction is induced by a two-photon process. The efficiency of the photoreduction in ethanol was higher than that in methanol.

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