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Interfacial Electron Injection Probed by a Substrate-Specific Excitonic Signature.

Edoardo Baldini¹, Tania Palmieri¹, Thomas Rossi¹

¹Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Deep-ultraviolet pulses detect ultrafast electron transfer in dye-sensitized solar cells by probing excitonic transitions. This method reveals distinct injection mechanisms in TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles, offering a new detection route.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Photovoltaics
Spectroscopy

Background:

Ultrafast interfacial electron transfer is crucial for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) efficiency.
Conventional visible-to-terahertz spectroscopy primarily detects free carriers, potentially missing other key processes.
A method to probe electron transfer beyond free carrier dynamics is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate deep-ultraviolet (DUV) continuum pulses as a novel probe for ultrafast interfacial electron transfer.
To investigate electron injection mechanisms in N719-sensitized titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles.
To compare DUV probing results with conventional above-gap excitation methods.

Main Methods:

Generation of deep-ultraviolet continuum pulses.
Spectroscopic probing of excitonic transitions in bare and N719-sensitized TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles.
Analysis of signal contributions from Coulomb screening and phase-space filling.

Main Results:

DUV pulses successfully detected interfacial electron transfer by monitoring specific excitonic transitions.
Electron injection into TiO2 was dominated by long-range Coulomb screening of excitonic transition final states.
Electron injection into ZnO was primarily governed by phase-space filling effects.

Conclusions:

Deep-ultraviolet continuum spectroscopy provides a sensitive method for studying interfacial electron transfer dynamics.
The distinct mechanisms observed in TiO2 and ZnO highlight the versatility of the DUV probing approach.
This technique offers a potential pathway for analyzing electron transfer in diverse transition metal oxide/sensitizer systems.