Charge Dynamics of a CuO Thin Film on Picosecond to Microsecond Timescales Revealed by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the mechanism of charge dynamics in photocatalysts is the key to design and optimize more efficient materials for renewable energy applications. In this study, the charge dynamics of a CuO thin film are unraveled via transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS) on the picosecond to microsecond timescale for three different excitation energies, i.e., above, near, and below the band gap, to explore the role of incoherent broadband light sources. The shape of the ps-TAS spectra changes with the delay time, while that of the ns-TAS spectra is invariant for all the excitation energies. Regardless of the excitations, three time constants, τ₁ ∼ 0.34-0.59 ps, τ₂ ∼ 162-175 ns, and τ₃ ∼ 2.5-3.3 μs, are resolved, indicating the dominating charge dynamics at v

SUBMITTER: Asadinamin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10103062 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature