Influence of the electron-cation interaction on electron mobility in dye-sensitized ZnO and TiO2 nanocrystals: A study using ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Nemec H ^a,c   Rochford, J ^b   Taratula, O ^b   Galoppini, E ^b   Kuzel P ^c   Polivka T ^d   Yartsev, A ^a   Sundstrom V ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION COMPLEX; CATION INTERACTIONS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSPORT AND RECOMBINATION; DYE SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; FAST CHARGES; HIGH PERMITTIVITY; INJECTED ELECTRONS; KEY PROCESS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED SEMICONDUCTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; TERA HERTZ; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; TIO2 NANOCRYSTALS; ULTRA-FAST; VISIBLE SPECTRAL REGIONS; ZNO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITIVE IONS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77952393477     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.197401     Document Type: Article

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