Directly Probing Charge Separation at Interface of TiO2 Phase Junction

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1419-1423

  Gao, Yuying ^a,b,c   Zhu, Jian ^a,c   An, Hongyu ^a,b,c   Yan, Pengli ^a,b   Huang, Baokun ^a   Chen, Ruotian ^a,b,c   Fan, Fengtao ^a,c   Li, Can ^a,c  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; SEPARATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANATASE NANOPARTICLES; BUILT-IN ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY-BAND ALIGNMENT; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 85017137791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00285     Document Type: Article

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