Ultrafast dynamics of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals relevant to solar fuels production

Nicole M. B. Cogan; Cunming Liu; Fen Qiu; Rebeckah Burke; Todd D. Krauss

doi:10.1117/12.2262168

22 May 2017 Ultrafast dynamics of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals relevant to solar fuels production

Nicole M. B. Cogan, Cunming Liu, Fen Qiu, Rebeckah Burke, Todd D. Krauss

Proceedings Volume 10193, Ultrafast Bandgap Photonics II; 101930B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2262168
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2017, Anaheim, CA, United States

Abstract

Artificial conversion of sunlight to chemical fuels has attracted attention for several decades as a potential source of clean, renewable energy. We recently found that CdSe quantum dots (QDs) and simple aqueous Ni²⁺ salts in the presence of a sacrificial electron donor form a highly efficient, active, and robust system for photochemical reduction of protons to molecular hydrogen. Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy studies of electron transfer (ET) processes from the QDs to the Ni catalysts reveal extremely fast ET, and provide a fundamental explanation for the exceptional photocatalytic H₂ activity. Additionally, by studying H₂ production of the Ni catalyst with CdSe/CdS nanoparticles of various structures, it was determined that surface charge density plays an important role in charge transfer and ultimately H₂ production activity.

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Nicole M. B. Cogan, Cunming Liu, Fen Qiu, Rebeckah Burke, and Todd D. Krauss "Ultrafast dynamics of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals relevant to solar fuels production", Proc. SPIE 10193, Ultrafast Bandgap Photonics II, 101930B (22 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2262168

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