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← ScienceWhich outcome reduces efficiency when overlapping atomic orbitals destabilize molecules?
A)Increased non-radiative electron transitions✓
B)Decreased catalyst surface reaction rate
C)Increased phonon scattering events
D)Decreased X-ray diffraction intensity
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Increased non-radiative transitions arise from destabilization induced by orbital overlap hindering radiative relaxation, because overlapping orbitals promote alternative decay pathways facilitated by increased electron-phonon coupling caused by the increased density of electronic states; therefore, non-radiative decay modes increase within the overlapping molecular structure rather than radiative ones, causing efficiency loss.
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