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Evaluation of Surface State Mediated Charge Recombination in Anatase and Rutile TiO₂.

ABSTRACT: In nanostructured thin films, photogenerated charge carriers can access the surface more easily than in dense films and thus react more readily. However, the high surface area of these films has also been associated with enhanced recombination losses via surface states. We herein use transient absorption spectroscopy to compare the ultrafast charge carrier kinetics in dense and nanostructured TiO₂ films for its two most widely used polymorphs: anatase and rutile. We find that nanostructuring does not enhance recombination rates on ultrafast time scales, indicating that surface state mediated recombination is not a key loss pathway for either TiO₂ polymorph. Rutile shows faster, and less intensity-dependent recombination than anatase, which we assign to its higher doping density. For both polymorphs, we conclude that bulk rather than surface recombination is the primary determinant of charge carrier lifetime.

SUBMITTER: Sachs M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5056403 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

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Evaluation of Surface State Mediated Charge Recombination in Anatase and Rutile TiO2.

Sachs Michael M Pastor Ernest E Kafizas Andreas A Durrant James R JR

The journal of physical chemistry letters 20160912 19

In nanostructured thin films, photogenerated charge carriers can access the surface more easily than in dense films and thus react more readily. However, the high surface area of these films has also been associated with enhanced recombination losses via surface states. We herein use transient absorption spectroscopy to compare the ultrafast charge carrier kinetics in dense and nanostructured TiO2 films for its two most widely used polymorphs: anatase and rutile. We find that nanostru ...[more]

PMID: 27564137

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