Electric fields and charge screening in dye sensitized mesoporous nanocrystalline TiO2 thin films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16976-16986

  ODonnell, Ryan M ^a,c   Sampaio, Renato N ^a,b   Barr, Timothy J ^a,c   Meyer, Gerald J ^a,c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM; POSITIVE IONS; RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM; SALTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ABSORPTION SIGNATURE; ACETONITRILE SOLUTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER QUENCHING; METAL-TO-LIGAND CHARGE TRANSFER; SURFACE ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 84905463011     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500493t     Document Type: Article

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