Journal article

Publication year: 2014

Pages: 1960-1965

Journal: physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science

Volume number: 211

Issue number: 9

ISSN: 1862-6300

eISSN: 1862-6319

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201431336

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 
Kelvin probe force microscopy at air in the dark and under illumination by visible light was performed for electrodeposited porous ZnO films, which were sensitized by the indoline dye D149. A contact potential difference was measured that confirmed electron injection into the semiconductor matrix and their subsequent stabilization in trap states. A locally widely homogenous signal was observed speaking in favor of a well-crystallized sample. The rise and decay times of the photovoltage in the ms to s timescale could be analyzed by use of individual scan lines or scanned images, respectively. The results are discussed in the context of recent pump-probe spectroscopy results as well as such from photoelectrochemical experiments with such electrodes and implications will be deduced for their use in dye-sensitized solar cells. (C) 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Harvard Citation style: Beu, M., Klinkmüller, K. and Schlettwein, D. (2014) Use of Kelvin probe force microscopy to achieve a locally and time-resolved analysis of the photovoltage generated in dye-sensitized ZnO electrodes, physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science, 211(9), pp. 1960-1965. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201431336

APA Citation style: Beu, M., Klinkmüller, K., & Schlettwein, D. (2014). Use of Kelvin probe force microscopy to achieve a locally and time-resolved analysis of the photovoltage generated in dye-sensitized ZnO electrodes. physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science. 211(9), 1960-1965. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201431336