2021
Tuning the Conduction Band for Interfacial Electron Transfer: Dye-Sensitized Sn x Ti1–x O2 Photoanodes for Water Splitting
Spies J, Swierk J, Kelly H, Capobianco M, Regan K, Batista V, Brudvig G, Schmuttenmaer C. Tuning the Conduction Band for Interfacial Electron Transfer: Dye-Sensitized Sn x Ti1–x O2 Photoanodes for Water Splitting. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2021, 4: 4695-4703. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c00305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDFT calculationsAbsorption spectroscopyInterfacial electron transfer dynamicsUltrafast transient absorption spectroscopyInterfacial electron transferElectron transfer dynamicsUltrafast electron injectionConduction bandPeriodic DFT calculationsTransient absorption spectroscopyLinear absorption spectroscopyDye sensitizersWater splittingElectron transferTransfer dynamicsComposition of SnElectron acceptorAbsorption spectraElectron injectionD characterElectronic statesSpectroscopyPhotoanodeSnDye
2019
Vibronic Effects in the Ultrafast Interfacial Electron Transfer of Perylene-Sensitized TiO2 Surfaces
Oliboni R, Yan H, Fan H, Abraham B, Avenoso J, Galoppini E, Batista V, Gundlach L, Rego L. Vibronic Effects in the Ultrafast Interfacial Electron Transfer of Perylene-Sensitized TiO2 Surfaces. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C 2019, 123: 12599-12607. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b02106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVibronic effectsAbsorption spectraNonadiabatic quantum dynamics simulationsOptical gap decreasesUltrafast transient absorption spectroscopyUltrafast interfacial electron transferQuantum dynamics simulationsEnergy modesTransient absorption spectroscopyTransient absorption spectraQuantum dynamicsBroadband spectroscopyElectron transferVelocity autocorrelation functionClassical trajectoriesExcited statesEnergy shiftGap decreasesWide-band limitS1 stateElectronic populationAbsorption spectroscopyInterfacial electron transferCondon approximationNonequilibrium modes
2000
Nonadiabatic photodissociation dynamics of ICN in the à continuum: A semiclassical initial value representation study
Coronado E, Batista V, Miller W. Nonadiabatic photodissociation dynamics of ICN in the à continuum: A semiclassical initial value representation study. The Journal Of Chemical Physics 2000, 112: 5566-5575. DOI: 10.1063/1.481130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFull quantum mechanical calculationsNonadiabatic photodissociation dynamicsPhotodissociation dynamicsMechanical calculationsQuantum mechanical calculationsSemiclassical initial value representation methodSemiclassical resultsNonadiabatic processesRotational distributionsSemiclassical techniquesAbsorption spectraModel HamiltonianExcellent agreementHamiltonianExperimental dataCalculationsContinuumDynamicsSpectraDirect comparisonQuantizationAgreementICN