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Heterogeneous structure of a molecule semiconductor is the essential part of dye-sensitized solar cell, and the charge injection in it is the key factor of efficiency of solar energy conversion. A heterogeneous system is investigated where a metal nano-particle is used to decorate the structure of dye molecules and TiO2 semiconductor. Photoinduced charge injection dynamics from the molecule dye to TiO2 lattice is studied using density matrix theory. Simulations can account for the semiconductor lattice structure, the reflection of electron wave function in the lattice boundary, as well as the plasmon effect of the metal nano-particles. The compound treatment of density matrix theory and wave function approach is verified to be an efficient way for calculating the plasmon effect in the heterogeneous system. It is found that the plasmon enhancement due to the photoexcitation of metal nano-particles can reach as high as 3 orders of magnitude, which is shown to be an efficient way of improvement of charge conversion. The approach of density matrix theory and wave function treatment makes it possible to simulate the charge transfer in large-scale bulk semiconductor, the result of which is helpful for the theoretical analysis of plasmon enhancement in charge transfer dynamics.
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Keywords:
- metal nano-particle /
- plasmon enhancement /
- photoexcitation
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[1] Yu X H, Sun Z Z, Lian J, Li Y T, Chen Y X, Gao S, Wang X, Wang Y S, Zhao M L 2013 Chin. Phys. Lett. 30 118801
[2] Xu S Y, Hu L H, Li W X, Dai S Y 2011 Acta Phys. Sin. 60 116802 (in Chinese)[徐双英, 胡林华, 李文欣, 戴松元 2011 物理学报 60 116802]
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[7] Hartland G V 2012 J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3 1421
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[22] Wang L, Ernstorfer R, Willig F, May V 2005 J. Phys Chem B 109 9589
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[27] Sun X F, Wang L X 2014 Acta Phys. Sin 63 097301 (in Chinese) [孙雪菲, 王鹿霞 2014 物理学报 63 097301]
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