Particle size and crystallinity dependent electron injection in fluorescein 27-sensitized TiO2 films

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1370-1375

  Benkö, Gábor ^a   Skårman, Björn ^a   Wallenberg, Reine ^a   Hagfeldt, Anders ^b   Sundström, Villy ^a   Yartsev, Arkady P ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FILM PREPARATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUTOCLAVING; CRYSTALLINITY; DYE FLUORESCEIN; ELECTRON INJECTION; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; NANOCRYSTALLINE ANATASE FILM; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL; TIME-RESOLVED FEMTOSECOND SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 0037434729     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp026442+     Document Type: Article

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