Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer Across Semiconductor-Liquid Interfaces in the Presence of Electric Fields

Y. Rosenwaks; B. R. Thacker; A. J. Nozik; R. J. Ellingson; K. C. Burr; C. L. Tang

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Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer Across Semiconductor-Liquid Interfaces in the Presence of Electric Fields

Y. Rosenwaks, B. R. Thacker, A. J. Nozik, R. J. Ellingson, K. C. Burr, C. L. Tang

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The rates of photoinduced electron transfer from p-InP to Fe(CN)₆^4-/3- acceptors in aqueous electrolyte have been determined as a function of the initial potential drop (i.e., band bending (V_BO)) in the semiconductor space charge layer using femtosecond luminescence up-conversion techniques. The effects of electric field on electron transfer were separated from the effects of field-enhanced charge separation and surface recombination through a rigorous numerical solution of the coupled continuity and Poisson equations using a Cray supercomputer. A very strong dependence of the electron-transfer velocity (S_et) on V_BO was found, S_et reached a saturation value of 5 × 10⁷ cm/s when the initial value of V_BO in the dark was ≥0.5 eV. When the initial value of V_BO was set near zero, S_et was 9 × 10³ cm/s. Hot electron injection processes appear to play a role in this behavior.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	2739-2741
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Physical Chemistry
Volume	98
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/j100062a007 https://doi.org/10.1021/j100062a007
State	Published - 1994

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