Temperton RH, Hart J, Verykokkos N, Gibson E, O'Shea JN. A soft x-ray probe of a titania photoelectrode sensitized with a triphenylamine dye.
J Chem Phys 2021;
154:234707. [PMID:
34241265 DOI:
10.1063/5.0050531]
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Abstract
We present a thorough soft x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) study of a mesoporous titanium dioxide electrode sensitized with the dye 4-(diphenylamino)phenylcyanoacrylic acid, referred to as "L0." Supported by calculations, the suite of XPS, x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and resonant photoelectron spectroscopy allows us to examine bonding interactions between the dye and the surface and the frontier electronic structure at the molecule-oxide interface. While placing these measurements in the context of existing literature, this paper is intended as a useful reference for further studies of more complex triphenylamine based sensitizers.
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