Effect of gold nanoparticles on photoexcited charge carriers in powdered TiO2-long range quenching of photoluminescence

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 21275-21280

  Stevanovic, Ana ^a   Ma, Shiliang ^a   Yates, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSFER; GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; QUENCHING; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

AU NANOPARTICLE; NEGATIVE CHARGE; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; UV IRRADIATION;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84914104737     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507156p     Document Type: Article

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