Abstract
A critical review of light-driven interfacial charge-transfer reactions of transition-metal compounds anchored to mesoporous, nanocrystalline TiO2 (anatase) thin films is described. The review highlights molecular insights into metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) excited states, mechanisms of interfacial charge separation, inter- and intra-molecular electron transfer, and interfacial charge-recombination processes that have been garnered through various spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques. The relevance of these processes to optimization of solar-energy-conversion efficiencies is discussed (483 references).
Keywords
AnataseMaterials scienceSemiconductorCharge (physics)Chemical physicsNanocrystalline materialTransition metalElectron transferMesoporous materialExcited stateNanotechnologyMetalPhotocatalysisPhotochemistryChemistryCatalysisOptoelectronicsAtomic physicsOrganic chemistry
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- 38
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- 1
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- 115-164
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Shane Ardo,
Gerald J. Meyer
(2008).
Photodriven heterogeneous charge transfer with transition-metal compounds anchored to TiO<sub>2</sub>semiconductor surfaces.
Chemical Society Reviews
, 38
(1)
, 115-164.
https://doi.org/10.1039/b804321n
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- 10.1039/b804321n