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XPS and UPS characterization of the TiO2/ZnPcGly heterointerface: Aligmment of energy levels

Liu, GM ; Jaegermann, W ; He, Jianjun LU ; Sundström, Villy LU and Sun, LC (2002) In The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B 106(23). p.5814-5819
Abstract
The electronic structure and the highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMO)/the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (LUMO) alignment at the molecular semiconductor heterointerface of nanostructured TiO2/ZnPcGly dye sensitizer were characterized by X-ray and ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (XPS and UPS). The HOMO level of the dye ZnPcGly was determined to be located at 1.62 eV below the Fermi edge, and the corresponding LUMO level was estimated to be 0.10 eV above the conduction band of TiO2 based on the HOMO/LUMO gap (1.82 eV) of ZnPcGly determined by optical absorption measurements. This energy level matching between the orbitals of the dye and the bands of TiO2 can enable efficient electron transfer from photoexcited ZnPcGly to... (More)
The electronic structure and the highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMO)/the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (LUMO) alignment at the molecular semiconductor heterointerface of nanostructured TiO2/ZnPcGly dye sensitizer were characterized by X-ray and ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (XPS and UPS). The HOMO level of the dye ZnPcGly was determined to be located at 1.62 eV below the Fermi edge, and the corresponding LUMO level was estimated to be 0.10 eV above the conduction band of TiO2 based on the HOMO/LUMO gap (1.82 eV) of ZnPcGly determined by optical absorption measurements. This energy level matching between the orbitals of the dye and the bands of TiO2 can enable efficient electron transfer from photoexcited ZnPcGly to TiO2, which is very important in photoinduced charge-transfer reactions and for applications in dye-sensitized solar cells. (Less)
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B
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106
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5814 - 5819
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The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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1520-5207
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10.1021/jp014192b
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  abstract     = {{The electronic structure and the highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMO)/the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (LUMO) alignment at the molecular semiconductor heterointerface of nanostructured TiO2/ZnPcGly dye sensitizer were characterized by X-ray and ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (XPS and UPS). The HOMO level of the dye ZnPcGly was determined to be located at 1.62 eV below the Fermi edge, and the corresponding LUMO level was estimated to be 0.10 eV above the conduction band of TiO2 based on the HOMO/LUMO gap (1.82 eV) of ZnPcGly determined by optical absorption measurements. This energy level matching between the orbitals of the dye and the bands of TiO2 can enable efficient electron transfer from photoexcited ZnPcGly to TiO2, which is very important in photoinduced charge-transfer reactions and for applications in dye-sensitized solar cells.}},
  author       = {{Liu, GM and Jaegermann, W and He, Jianjun and Sundström, Villy and Sun, LC}},
  issn         = {{1520-5207}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{23}},
  pages        = {{5814--5819}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B}},
  title        = {{XPS and UPS characterization of the TiO2/ZnPcGly heterointerface: Aligmment of energy levels}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp014192b}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jp014192b}},
  volume       = {{106}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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