Photoinduced electron transfer processes in dye-semiconductor systems with different spacer groups

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Li, Jingrui ^a,b,e   Wang, Haobin ^c   Persson, Petter ^d   Thoss, Michael ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC-VIBRATIONAL COUPLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MULTICONFIGURATION; NON-ADIABATIC DYNAMICS; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON-TRANSFER PROCESS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE; SPACER GROUPS; TIME-DEPENDENT;

CALCULATIONS; CHROMOPHORES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84871231868     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4746768     Document Type: Article

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