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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Exploring the Dynamics of Charge Transfer in Photocatalysis: Applications of Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy.

Na Li, Yanlong Ma, Wanjun Sun

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Na LiSchool of New Energy and Power Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Yanlong MaCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Wanjun SunSchool of New Energy and Power Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2980-979X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 22369009the Gansu Provincial Department of Education: University teachers innovation fund project 2024A-043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial photocatalytic energy conversion is a very interesting strategy to solve energy crises and environmental problems by directly collecting solar energy, but low photocatalytic conversion efficiency is a bottleneck that restricts the practical application of photocatalytic reactions. The key issue is that the photo-generated charge separation process spans a huge spatio-temporal scale from femtoseconds to seconds, and involves complex physical processes from microscopic atoms to macroscopic materials. Femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) spectroscopy is a powerful tool for studying electron transfer paths in photogenerated carrier dynamics of photocatalysts. By extracting the attenuation characteristics of the spectra, the quenching path and lifetimes of carriers can be simulated on femtosecond and picosecond time scales. This paper introduces the principle of transient absorption, typical dynamic processes and the application of femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy in photocatalysis, and summarizes the bottlenecks faced by ultrafast spectroscopy in photocatalytic applications, as well as future research directions and solutions. This will provide inspiration for understanding the charge transfer mechanism of photocatalytic processes.

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charge transfer mechanismphotocatalysisultrafast spectroscopy

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PMID39274845
PMCPMC11396338

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