Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts

While internal electric fields alter charge-separation dynamics in solar-to-chemical conversions, a greater understanding of such processes is necessary. Here, authors analyze charge transfer dynamics modulated by built-in electric fields and identify carrier drift distances as a critical parameter.

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Main Authors: Zhishan Luo, Xiaoyuan Ye, Shijia Zhang, Sikang Xue, Can Yang, Yidong Hou, Wandong Xing, Rong Yu, Jie Sun, Zhiyang Yu, Xinchen Wang
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29825-0
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Xiaoyuan Ye
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Sikang Xue
Can Yang
Yidong Hou
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Zhiyang Yu
Xinchen Wang
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description While internal electric fields alter charge-separation dynamics in solar-to-chemical conversions, a greater understanding of such processes is necessary. Here, authors analyze charge transfer dynamics modulated by built-in electric fields and identify carrier drift distances as a critical parameter.
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spelling doaj.art-5767330aa26541c688db94b0d061983a2022-12-22T02:35:39ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-04-0113111010.1038/s41467-022-29825-0Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalystsZhishan Luo0Xiaoyuan Ye1Shijia Zhang2Sikang Xue3Can Yang4Yidong Hou5Wandong Xing6Rong Yu7Jie Sun8Zhiyang Yu9Xinchen Wang10State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityState Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityState Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityState Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityState Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityState Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityNational Center for Electron Microscopy in Beijing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education of China, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua UniversityNational Center for Electron Microscopy in Beijing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education of China, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua UniversityFujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou 350100, China and College of Physics and Information Engineering, Fuzhou UniversityState Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityState Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityWhile internal electric fields alter charge-separation dynamics in solar-to-chemical conversions, a greater understanding of such processes is necessary. Here, authors analyze charge transfer dynamics modulated by built-in electric fields and identify carrier drift distances as a critical parameter.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29825-0
spellingShingle Zhishan Luo
Xiaoyuan Ye
Shijia Zhang
Sikang Xue
Can Yang
Yidong Hou
Wandong Xing
Rong Yu
Jie Sun
Zhiyang Yu
Xinchen Wang
Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts
Nature Communications
title Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts
title_full Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts
title_fullStr Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts
title_full_unstemmed Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts
title_short Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts
title_sort unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built in electric fields in biobr photocatalysts
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