Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Photosensitization of titanium(IV) oxide with tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) chloride. Surface states of titanium(IV) oxide

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100488a020· OSTI ID:5673448
Investigation of the photosensitization of single-crystal TiO/sub 2/ by (Ru(bpy)/sub 3/)Cl/sub 2/ (where bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) has revealed the existence of a slow-rise-time cathodic photocurrent in addition to the fast-rise-time anodic photocurrent reported by Clark and Sutin. Phenomenological analysis of the experiment provides a satisfactory quantitative explanation based on a modulation of an ongoing dark current by energy transfer from the dye to the solid. Two new experiments and an extensive literature implicate surface O/sub 2//sup -/ ions as the molecular species responsible for the slow kinetics. Some implications of these results for the photoelectrolysis of water by sunlight are also indicated.
Research Organization:
Inorganic Chemistry Lab., Oxford, England
OSTI ID:
5673448
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 83:25; ISSN JPCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English