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Resonant photocurrent generation in dye-sensitized periodically nanostructured photoconductors by optical field confinement effects.

ABSTRACT: Herein we show experimental evidence of resonant photocurrent generation in dye-sensitized periodically nanostructured photoconductors, which is achieved by spectral matching of the sensitizer absorption band to different types of localized photon modes present in either periodic or broken symmetry structures. Results are explained in terms of the calculated spatial distribution of the electric field intensity within the configurations under analysis.

SUBMITTER: Anaya M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3805327 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Resonant photocurrent generation in dye-sensitized periodically nanostructured photoconductors by optical field confinement effects.

Anaya M M Calvo M E ME Luque-Raigón J M JM Míguez H H

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20130516 21

Herein we show experimental evidence of resonant photocurrent generation in dye-sensitized periodically nanostructured photoconductors, which is achieved by spectral matching of the sensitizer absorption band to different types of localized photon modes present in either periodic or broken symmetry structures. Results are explained in terms of the calculated spatial distribution of the electric field intensity within the configurations under analysis. ...[more]

PMID: 23651222

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