Convergence of a series with terms

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I am trying to find for what value is this this series convergent for:

$$1/3 -1/6 + 1/18 - 1/72 .....$$

Does it have a relation with exponential function?

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$$1/3 -1/6 + 1/18 - 1/72 .....=\frac{1}{3}(1-\frac{1}{2!}+\frac{1}{3!}-\frac{1}{4!}+....)=\frac{1-e^{-1}}{3}$$