Abstract
AbstractFree radicals generated during illumination of ZnO, TiO2, and AgCl powder with adsorbed dye (anhydro-3,3’-disulphopropyl-5,5’-diphenyl-9-ethyl-oxacarbo-cyanine hydroxide) were investigated by ESR. spin trapping.An ESR spectrum having superfine structure was observed. It was attributed to the superoxide anion radical adduct of DMPO. This indicates that the electron can be transfered from excited dye molecules to the conduction band of the semiconductors. Subsequently it reacts with oxygen to form the superoxide anion radical. The observed results illustrate that oxygen decreases the efficiency of spectral sensitization and provides decisive evidence for the electron transfer theory of the spectral sensitization of semiconductors.
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