Electronic and Vibrational Coherence in Heterogeneous Electron Transfer (Final Report)

Technical Report · Wed Jul 12 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1989192· OSTI ID:1989192

Gundlach, Lars ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States); University of Delaware

Interfacial electron transfer reactions constitute key physical phenomena central to a variety of energy related transport and conversion processes such as catalysis, photocatalysis, photovoltaics, energy storage, molecular electronics, etc. Heterogeneous material systems like organic/inorganic interfaces are of particular interest because they provide great potential to tailor properties according to application specific requirements. While electron transfer dynamics has been studied intensively in heterogeneous systems many questions remain unanswered. The significance of electronic-vibrational coupling and coherence is one aspect that has yet to be fully explored. The objective of this project is to develop and implement new ultrafast spectroscopic techniques based on pump four-wave mixing spectroscopy (pump-FWM) for studying the dynamics of vibrational coupling and coherence in heterogeneous electron transfer (HET) at molecule/semiconductor interfaces. The implementation of the spectroscopic setup allows to explore different four-wave mixing techniques and thus to identify a suitable approach to study the significance of vibrational as well as electronic coherence in HET.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0016288
• OSTI ID: 1989192
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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