Quantifying bulk and surface recombination processes in nanostructured water splitting photocatalysts via in situ ultrafast spectroscopy

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1076-1082

  Appavoo, Kannatassen ^a   Liu, Mingzhao ^a   Black, Charles T ^a   Sfeir, Matthew Y ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

heterostructure nanowire; light harvesting; photoelectrochemical cell; recombination pathway; transient emission spectroscopy; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM YIELD; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHARGE CARRIER RECOMBINATION; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MINORITY CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; RECOMBINATION PATHWAY; SURFACE RECOMBINATION PROCESS; TRANSIENT EMISSIONS; WATER SPLITTING;

SURFACE REACTIONS;

EID: 84922802741     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl504035j     Document Type: Article

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