Mechanisms of plasmon induced charge separation and recombination at gold nanoparticle supported on different size TiO2 film systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6831, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Du, Luchao ^a   Furube, Akihiro ^a   Hara, Kohjiro ^a   Katoh, Ryuzi ^a   Tachiya, Masanori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charge recombination; Electron injection; Intraband; IR probe; Plasmon band

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADSORPTION; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; EXPERIMENTS; GOLD; ION EXCHANGE; LASER EXCITATION; MASS TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTONICS; PLASMONS; SIZE SEPARATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

BACK ELECTRON TRANSFERS; CHARGE RECOMBINATION; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DIFFERENT SIZES; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON TRANSFERS; EXCITATION INTENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; FREE ELECTRONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INDUCED CHARGES; INTRABAND; IR PROBE; LASER POWERS; NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS; NONEXPONENTIAL; OPTICAL EXCITATIONS; PLASMON BAND; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TIME RESOLUTIONS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTIONS; ULTRA FASTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION;

EID: 47949108959     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.756494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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