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Prucker V, Bockstedte M, Thoss M, Coto PB. Dynamical simulation of electron transfer processes in self-assembled monolayers at metal surfaces using a density matrix approach. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:124705. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5020238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- V. Prucker
- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare Materialien, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 7/B2, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Universität Salzburg, Jakob-Haringer-Str. 2a, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 7/B2, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare Materialien, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 7/B2, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare Materialien, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 7/B2, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Brennaman MK, Dillon RJ, Alibabaei L, Gish MK, Dares CJ, Ashford DL, House RL, Meyer GJ, Papanikolas JM, Meyer TJ. Finding the Way to Solar Fuels with Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cells. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:13085-13102. [PMID: 27654634 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b06466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell (DSPEC) integrates high bandgap, nanoparticle oxide semiconductors with the light-absorbing and catalytic properties of designed chromophore-catalyst assemblies. The goals are photoelectrochemical water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen and reduction of CO2 by water to give oxygen and carbon-based fuels. Solar-driven water oxidation occurs at a photoanode and water or CO2 reduction at a cathode or photocathode initiated by molecular-level light absorption. Light absorption is followed by electron or hole injection, catalyst activation, and catalytic water oxidation or water/CO2 reduction. The DSPEC is of recent origin but significant progress has been made. It has the potential to play an important role in our energy future.
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- M Kyle Brennaman
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , CB#3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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Zigler DF, Morseth ZA, Wang L, Ashford DL, Brennaman MK, Grumstrup EM, Brigham EC, Gish MK, Dillon RJ, Alibabaei L, Meyer GJ, Meyer TJ, Papanikolas JM. Disentangling the Physical Processes Responsible for the Kinetic Complexity in Interfacial Electron Transfer of Excited Ru(II) Polypyridyl Dyes on TiO2. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:4426-38. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- David F. Zigler
- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Ye C, Zhao Y, Liang W. Resonance Raman spectra of organic molecules absorbed on inorganic semiconducting surfaces: Contribution from both localized intramolecular excitation and intermolecular charge transfer excitation. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:154105. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4933374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- ChuanXiang Ye
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
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Li J, Kondov I, Wang H, Thoss M. Quantum dynamical simulation of photoinduced electron transfer processes in dye-semiconductor systems: theory and application to coumarin 343 at TiO₂. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2015; 27:134202. [PMID: 25767089 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/13/134202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A recently developed methodology to simulate photoinduced electron transfer processes at dye-semiconductor interfaces is outlined. The methodology employs a first-principles-based model Hamiltonian and accurate quantum dynamics simulations using the multilayer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree approach. This method is applied to study electron injection in the dye-semiconductor system coumarin 343-TiO2. Specifically, the influence of electronic-vibrational coupling is analyzed. Extending previous work, we consider the influence of Dushinsky rotation of the normal modes as well as anharmonicities of the potential energy surfaces on the electron transfer dynamics.
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- Jingrui Li
- Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400,USA. Institute of Theoretical Physics and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 7/B2, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Yang L, Wu W, Zhao Y. Effect of TiO2particles on normal and resonance Raman spectra of coumarin 343: a theoretical investigation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:10910-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp05794e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Both the normal Raman spectra (NRS) and resonance Raman spectra (RRS) can be used to figure out the isomers and their interfacial structures. Furthermore, the differences in RRS between the locally excited state and the charge transfer state of C343–TiO2are helpful to understand and control the electron transfer at the interface.
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- Linzhi Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials
- Fujian Provincial Key Lab of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
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- Institute of Environmental and Analytical Sciences
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Henan University
- Kaifeng
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials
- Fujian Provincial Key Lab of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
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Rasmussen AM, Ramakrishna S, Weiss EA, Seideman T. Theory of ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer from a bulk semiconductor to a quantum dot. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:144102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4870335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Li J, Wang H, Persson P, Thoss M. Photoinduced electron transfer processes in dye-semiconductor systems with different spacer groups. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:22A529. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4746768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Zhao Y, Liang W. Theoretical investigation of resonance Raman scattering of dye molecules absorbed on semiconductor surfaces. J Chem Phys 2011; 135:044108. [PMID: 21806091 DOI: 10.1063/1.3615057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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A method in time domain is proposed to investigate resonance Raman spectra of absorbed molecules on semiconductor surfaces. The charge transfer at the molecule-surface interface is incorporated with the use of an Anderson-Newns type Hamiltonian, where the surface continuum state is dealt with an expansion of Legendre polynomials for fast numerical convergence. From a model test, it is found that the intensities of Raman modes in the sole molecule generally decrease as the molecule-surface interaction is switched on, except that the energy gaps between the molecular excited state and the bottom of the band are at special values. New Raman peaks which are not observed in the sole molecule, however, appear and are greatly enhanced. The enhancement depends on the electronic coupling and the energy gap. It is also highly sensitive to the mode-specific reorganization energy in the charge transfer state, and a thousand times enhancement can be obtained at a certain reorganization energy. The corresponding electron dynamics is revealed by the population decay from the absorbed molecule.
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- Yi Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China.
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Wang H, Thoss M. Nonperturbative quantum simulation of time-resolved nonlinear spectra: Methodology and application to electron transfer reactions in the condensed phase. Chem Phys 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2007.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kondov I, Thoss M, Wang H. Theoretical study of ultrafast heterogeneous electron transfer reactions at dye-semiconductor interfaces: coumarin 343 at titanium oxide. J Phys Chem A 2007; 110:1364-74. [PMID: 16435796 DOI: 10.1021/jp054162z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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A theoretical study of photoinduced heterogeneous electron transfer in the dye-semiconductor system coumarin 343-TiO(2) is presented. The study is based on a generic model for heterogeneous electron transfer reactions, which takes into account the coupling of the electronic states to the nuclear degrees of freedom of coumarin 343 as well as to the surrounding solvent. The quantum dynamics of the electron injection process is simulated employing the recently proposed multilayer formulation of the multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree method. The results reveal an ultrafast injection dynamics of the electron from the photoexcited donor state into the conduction band of the semiconductor. Furthermore, the mutual influence of electronic injection dynamics and nuclear motion is analyzed in some detail. The analysis shows that--depending on the time scale of nuclear motion--electronic vibrational coupling can result in electron transfer driven by coherent vibrational motion or vibrational motion induced by ultrafast electron transfer.
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- Ivan Kondov
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Brüggemann B, Organero JA, Pascher T, Pullerits T, Yartsev A. Control of electron transfer pathways in a dye-sensitized solar cell. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:208301. [PMID: 17155723 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.208301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Using shaped laser pulses, we increase the yield of ultrafast electron injection from the sensitizer to TiO2 nanocrystals in the core part of a dye-sensitized solar cell. The temporal structure of the optimized excitation pulse is in clear correlation with nuclear oscillations in the impulsively excited dye molecule. From DFT structure optimization and normal mode analyses we identified the modes which are responsible for the oscillations. The best pulse shape suggests Impulsive Stimulated (anti-Stokes) Raman scattering as a key process of optimization.
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- Ben Brüggemann
- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
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Wang L, Willig F, May V. Theory of ultrafast photoinduced heterogeneous electron transfer. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/08927020600883285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Wang L, Willig F, May V. Ultrafast heterogeneous electron transfer reactions: Comparative theoretical studies on time- and frequency-domain data. J Chem Phys 2006; 124:14712. [PMID: 16409056 DOI: 10.1063/1.2140711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Recent theoretical studies on linear absorption spectra of dye-semiconductor systems [perylene attached to nanostructured TiO2, L. Wang et al., J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 9589 (2005)] are extended here in different respects. Since the systems show ultrafast photoinduced heterogeneous electron transfer the time-dependent formulation used to compute the absorbance is also applied to calculate the temporal evolution of the sub-100 fs charge injection dynamics after a 10 fs laser-pulse excitation. These studies complement our recent absorption spectra fit for two perylene bridge-anchor group TiO2 systems. Moreover, the time-dependent formulation of the absorbance is confronted with a frequency-domain description. The latter underlines the central importance of the self-energy caused by the coupling of the dye levels to the semiconductor band continuum. The used model is further applied to study the effect of different parameters such as (1) the dependence on the reorganization energies of the involved intramolecular transitions, (2) the effect of changing the transfer integral which couples the excited dye state with the band continuum, and (3) the effect of the concrete form of the semiconductor band density of states. Emphasis is also put on the case where the charge injection level of the dye is near or somewhat below the band edge. This nicely demonstrates the change from a structureless absorption to a well-resolved vibrational progression including characteristic shifts of the absorption lines which are a direct measure for the dye-semiconductor coupling.
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- Luxia Wang
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstrasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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Electron transfer across the molecule-semiconductor interface is a fundamental process that is relevant to many applications of nanoparticles, such as dye-sensitized solar cells and molecular electronics. This review summarizes recent progress in understanding electron transfer dynamics from molecular adsorbates to semiconductor nanoparticles. Photoexcitation of molecular adsorbates to their excited states is followed by electron injection into semiconductor nanoparticles. The products of electron injection (oxidized adsorbate and electrons in semiconductor) are monitored by their electronic and vibrational spectra, allowing direct measurement of injection rate. The dependence of injection rate on the properties of semiconductor nanoparticle, molecular adsorbate, intervening bridging and anchoring group, and interfacial environment are discussed and compared with Marcus theory of interfacial electron transfer.
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- Neil A Anderson
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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Wang L, Ernstorfer R, Willig F, May V. Absorption Spectra Related to Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Reactions: The Perylene TiO2 System. J Phys Chem B 2005; 109:9589-95. [PMID: 16852154 DOI: 10.1021/jp0500539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Linear absorption spectra of dye-semiconductor systems (perylene attached to nanostructured TiO2) are studied theoretically and experimentally. The systems show ultrafast photoinduced heterogeneous electron transfer (HET). By applying a time-dependent formulation of the absorbance, the theoretical analysis of the measured data is carried out. The respective electron-vibrational wave packet propagation fully accounts for the electronic coupling to the conduction band continuum of TiO2 and is based on a single-reaction-coordinate model (corresponding to a perylene in-plane C-C stretching vibration with a quantum energy of 1370 cm(-1)). By the insertion of different bridge-anchor groups, the electronic coupling responsible for HET is varied. The dye absorbance in a solvent and the trends in the line broadening of the vibrational progression due to the coupling to the conduction band continuum are reproduced for all investigated types of bridge-anchor groups. HET rates deduced from the calculations on the absorbance displaying line broadenings follow the qualitative trend obtained from transient absorption spectra.
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- Luxia Wang
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstrasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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Thoss M, Kondov I, Wang H. Theoretical study of ultrafast heterogeneous electron transfer reactions at dye–semiconductor interfaces. Chem Phys 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2004.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Anderson NA, Lian T. Ultrafast electron injection from metal polypyridyl complexes to metal-oxide nanocrystalline thin films. Coord Chem Rev 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2004.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wang L, May V. Laser pulse control of ultrafast heterogeneous electron transfer: A computational study. J Chem Phys 2004; 121:8039-49. [PMID: 15485268 DOI: 10.1063/1.1796274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Laser pulse control of the photoinduced 90 fs charge injection from perylene into the conduction band of TiO2 is studied theoretically. The approach accounts for the electronic-ground state of the dye, the first excited state, the ionized state formed after charge injection, and the continuum of the electronic states in the conduction band, all defined vs a single reaction coordinate. To address different control tasks optimal control theory is combined with a full quantum dynamical description of the electron-vibrational motion accompanying the charge injection process. First it is proved in which way the charge injection time can be changed by tailored laser pulses. In a second step a pump-dump scheme from the perylene ground state to the first excited electronic state and back to the ground state is discussed. Because of the strong coupling of the excited perylene state to the band continuum of TiO2 this control task is more suited to an experimental test than the direct control of the charge injection.
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- Luxia Wang
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstrasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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Anderson NA, Ai X, Chen D, Mohler DL, Lian T. Bridge-Assisted Ultrafast Interfacial Electron Transfer to Nanocrystalline SnO2 Thin Films. J Phys Chem B 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp035445z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Neil A. Anderson
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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Asbury JB, Anderson NA, Hao E, Ai X, Lian T. Parameters Affecting Electron Injection Dynamics from Ruthenium Dyes to Titanium Dioxide Nanocrystalline Thin Film. J Phys Chem B 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp034148r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- John B. Asbury
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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Ramakrishna S, Willig F, May V, Knorr A. Femtosecond Spectroscopy of Heterogeneous Electron Transfer: Extraction of Excited-State Population Dynamics from Pump−Probe Signals. J Phys Chem B 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/jp027104b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hahn-Meitner-Institut, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Stier W, Prezhdo OV. Thermal effects in the ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer from a molecular donor anchored to a semiconductor acceptor. Isr J Chem 2002. [DOI: 10.1560/u3gf-g11x-325d-0wj1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Persson P, Lunell S, Ojamäe L. Electronic interactions between aromatic adsorbates and metal oxide substrates calculated from first principles. Chem Phys Lett 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(02)01370-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Persson P, Bergström R, Ojamäe L, Lunell S. Quantum-chemical studies of metal oxides for photoelectrochemical applications. ADVANCES IN QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3276(02)41054-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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