Atomic-scale observation of multiconformational binding and energy level alignment of ruthenium-based photosensitizers on TiO2 anatase.
- Submitting institution
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University of Oxford
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 9479
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1021/nl403717d
- Title of journal
- Nano letters
- Article number
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- First page
- 563
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1530-6984
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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https://ndownloader.figstatic.com/files/3961330
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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11
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This joint experimental/computational study investigated the structural and electronic properties of a prototype photovoltaic interface. Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) was used to obtain images of molecules on the surface and then scanning tunnelling spectroscopy (STS) to probe the electronic structure of the individual molecules. The calculations allowed interpretation the STM images and showed quantitatively how different orientations of the dye molecules led to different positions of the energy levels observed with STS. This provided evidence for a large variability in molecular orientations at this interface and emphasised the importance of molecule-substrate coupling to the design of new molecular photovoltaic devices.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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