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Charge transfer dynamics at model metal-organic solar cell surfaces

Taylor, John B. ; Mayor, Louise C. ; Swarbrick, Janine C. ; O'Shea, James N. and Schnadt, Joachim LU orcid (2007) In Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111(44). p.16646-16655
Abstract
The "core-hole clock" implementation of resonant photoemission has been used to investigate the charge-transfer dynamics of bi-isonicotinic acid molecules (4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'-bipyridine) adsorbed on a rutile TiO2(110) surface containing varying densities of gold islands. In the presence of, nominally, a few monolayers of gold there exists a strong coupling between the adsorbed molecules and the surface. This is derived from the measurement of a <3 fs charge-transfer time for the injection of a core-excited electron into the substrate. This ultrafast charge-transfer time is quenched for a fraction of the molecules upon the addition of only a few further monolayers of gold. There is evidence to suggest that this effect derives from a... (More)
The "core-hole clock" implementation of resonant photoemission has been used to investigate the charge-transfer dynamics of bi-isonicotinic acid molecules (4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'-bipyridine) adsorbed on a rutile TiO2(110) surface containing varying densities of gold islands. In the presence of, nominally, a few monolayers of gold there exists a strong coupling between the adsorbed molecules and the surface. This is derived from the measurement of a <3 fs charge-transfer time for the injection of a core-excited electron into the substrate. This ultrafast charge-transfer time is quenched for a fraction of the molecules upon the addition of only a few further monolayers of gold. There is evidence to suggest that this effect derives from a change in the bonding configuration of bi-isonicotinic acid molecules. However, results also support the occurrence of ultrafast back-transfer from Au states to core-excited unoccupied molecular states. (Less)
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10.1021/jp075366d
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  author       = {{Taylor, John B. and Mayor, Louise C. and Swarbrick, Janine C. and O'Shea, James N. and Schnadt, Joachim}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{44}},
  pages        = {{16646--16655}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Journal of Physical Chemistry C}},
  title        = {{Charge transfer dynamics at model metal-organic solar cell surfaces}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp075366d}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jp075366d}},
  volume       = {{111}},
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