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Studies on the Interfacial Electric Field and Stark Effect at the TiO2/Dye/Electrolyte Interface

Yang, Wenxing
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Hao, Yan
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Vlachopoulos, Nick  
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2016
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C

Interfaces of dye-sensitized TiO2 nanoparticles with electrolytes or hole conductors have been widely applied in photoelectrochemical cells. However, the fundamental understanding of their properties and function is still poor. Herein, we demonstrate that the spectral changes that occur in the-visible spectrum of dye-sensitized TiO2 films upon (a) Li+ titration, (b) potentiostatic electron accumulation in mesoporous TiO2, and (c) photoinduced electron injection into TiO2 can be explained by the Stark effect, which can then be used to characterize the change in the local electric field at the TiO2/dye/electrolyte interface. A quantitative analysis of the Stark effect indicates that the compact (Helmholtz) layer capacitance at the TiO2/dye/electrolyte interface strongly affects the strength of the local electric field. Systematic studies show that the Helmholtz layer capacitance depends strongly on the Li+ concentration and surface dye coverage but is independent of the concentrations of other electrolytic species and the light intensity. These results illustrate the potential of Stark spectroscopy for the in situ study of the TiO2/dye/electrolyte interfaces and provide substantial new insights into these widely applied interfaces related to photoelectrochemistry and other research fields.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07096
Web of Science ID

WOS:000384959100012

Author(s)
Yang, Wenxing
Hao, Yan
Vlachopoulos, Nick  
Eriksson, Anna I. K.
Boschloo, Gerrit
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Published in
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C
Volume

120

Issue

39

Start page

22215

End page

22224

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
LSPM  
Available on Infoscience
November 21, 2016
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/131408
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