Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts

  • Zhishan Luo,
  • Xiaoyuan Ye,
  • Shijia Zhang,
  • Sikang Xue,
  • Can Yang,
  • Yidong Hou,
  • Wandong Xing,
  • Rong Yu,
  • Jie Sun,
  • Zhiyang Yu,
  • Xinchen Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29825-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While internal electric fields alter charge-separation dynamics in solar-to-chemical conversions, a greater understanding of such processes is necessary. Here, authors analyze charge transfer dynamics modulated by built-in electric fields and identify carrier drift distances as a critical parameter.