Photodriven heterogeneous charge transfer with transition-metal compounds anchored to TiO 2 semiconductor surfaces
Year: 2008
Type: review
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).
Source: Chemical Society Reviews
DOI: 10.1039/b804321n
Authors: Shane Ardo, Gerald J. Meyer
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Language: English
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1994063627