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Area of Science:

  • Photocatalysis
  • Materials Science
  • Spectroscopy

Background:

  • Solar energy conversion via photocatalysis is limited by charge carrier properties.
  • Transient Absorption (TA) spectroscopy provides insights into charge carrier lifetimes and trapping.
  • Conventional TA measurements average properties over large areas, masking microscale heterogeneity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and utilize a home-built Transient Absorption Microscopy (TAM) setup.
  • To investigate the photophysics of individual carbon nitride (CNx) particles at microsecond to second timescales.
  • To quantify heterogeneity in charge carrier dynamics within and between CNx particles.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a novel Transient Absorption Microscopy (TAM) setup.
  • Study of single carbon nitride (CNx) particles.
  • Monitoring of trapped charge dynamics using spatially resolved probe beams (≈5 µm diameter).

Main Results:

  • Observed particle-to-particle heterogeneity in trapped charge density.
  • Revealed spatial heterogeneity in charge carrier lifetimes within individual particles.
  • Demonstrated the influence of local environments on charge trapping dynamics at different timescales.

Conclusions:

  • TAM provides unprecedented spatiotemporal resolution for studying photocatalyst photophysics.
  • Heterogeneity in charge carrier properties significantly impacts photocatalytic performance.
  • TAM can guide the design of optimized photocatalysts for enhanced solar energy conversion.