Photoinjection of High Potential Holes into Cu5Ta11O30 Nanoparticles by Porphyrin Dyes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 21294-21303

  Sullivan, Ian ^a   Brown, Chelsea L ^b   Llansola Portoles, Manuel J ^b   Gervaldo, Miguel ^c   Kodis, Gerdenis ^b   Moore, Thomas A ^b   Gust, Devens ^b   Moore, Ana L ^b   Maggard, Paul A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE INJECTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON INJECTION; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PORPHYRINS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; NANO PARTICULATES; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; PHENYLPHOSPHONIC ACIDS; RECOMBINATION RATE; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941756486     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02174     Document Type: Article

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