Photoelectrochemistry in nanostructured systems: a discussion from their natural limitations
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After recognizing that the photoelectrochemical response depends on the juxtaposition of charge carriers transfer and its recombination, and that such processes define the natural limitations to experimental behavior, some physicochemical aspects that determine the performance of a semiconductor | electrolyte interface were discussed. Special attention was given to the electrochemical behavior of nanostructured electrodes. The relationship between the experimental responses in TiO2 nanotubes was taken as a case of study. By incorporating rutile into TiO2 anatase electrodes, the properties of the nanostructure were modulated. Through the analysis of the potentiodynamic response at high overpotentials in relation to Gärtner's theory, in addition to the quantification of the lifetime of carriers due to photoluminescent decays at open circuit (low overpotential), it was possible to illustrate how the qualitative relationship between the kinetics of charge transfer and recombination, determines the response of these nanostructured photoanodes.
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