Dynamics of Electron Injection in SnO2/TiO2 Core/Shell Electrodes for Water-Splitting Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 2930-2934

  McCool, Nicholas S ^a   Swierk, John R ^b   Nemes, Coleen T ^b   Schmuttenmaer, Charles A ^b   Mallouk, Thomas E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE SEPARATION; STEADY-STATE EMISSIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84982833619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01528     Document Type: Article

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