Functioning Photoelectrochemical Devices Studied with Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 3257-3262

  Nemes, Coleen T ^a   Koenigsmann, Christopher ^a   Schmuttenmaer, Charles A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

finite difference time domain simulations; in situ spectroscopy; photoelectrochemistry; photolithography; wire grid polarizer

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INFRARED RADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIN OXIDES; WIRE;

BACKGROUND ILLUMINATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; IN-SITU SPECTROSCOPY; NON-CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; WIRE GRID POLARIZERS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84939825878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01473     Document Type: Article

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