Theoretical studies of photoinduced electron transfer in dye-sensitized TiO2

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 143-184

  Duncan, Walter R ^a   Prezhdo, Oleg V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromophore semiconductor interface; Electron phonon interaction; Nonadiabatic molecular dynamics; Photovoltaic cell; Quantum system bath models; Time dependent density functional theory; Ultrafast electron injection

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; DYES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SOLAR CELLS;

CHROMOPHORE-SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACE; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTION; NONADIABATIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR CELLS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 34249933172     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.58.052306.144054     Document Type: Article

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