Direct spectroscopic evidence for constituent heteroatoms enhancing charge recombination at a TiO2-ruthenium dye interface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 17079-17089

  Hu, Ke ^a   Severin, Holly A ^b   Koivisto, Bryan D ^b   Robson, Kiyoshi C D ^b   Schott, Eduardo ^e   Arratia Perez, Ramiro ^c   Meyer, Gerald J ^a,f   Berlinguette, Curtis P ^b,d  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSIDAD BERNARDO O'HIGGINS   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGANDS; RATE CONSTANTS; RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; THIN FILMS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CYCLOMETALATED LIGAND; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; MESOPOROUS TITANIA THIN FILM; METAL-TO-LIGAND CHARGE TRANSFER; PULSED-LIGHT EXCITATION; SECOND-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; SPECTROSCOPIC EVIDENCE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84905457641     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500879p     Document Type: Article

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