Delayed electron transfer through interface states in hybrid ZnO/organic-dye nanostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 17901-17908

  Strothkämper, Christian ^a   Bartelt, Andreas ^a   Sippel, Philipp ^a   Hannappel, Thomas ^a,b   Schütz, Robert ^a   Eichberger, Rainer ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB ATTRACTION; DELAYED RELEASE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; INJECTED ELECTRONS; PERYLENE DERIVATIVES; POSITIVELY CHARGED; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION;

ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; INTERFACE STATES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POSITIVE IONS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84883665483     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402042a     Document Type: Article

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