Capturing local structure modulations of photoexcited BiVO4 by ultrafast transient XAFS

Uemura, Yohei; Kido, Daiki; Koide, Akihiro; Wakisaka, Yuki; Niwa, Yasuhiro; Nozawa, Shunsuke; Ichiyanagi, Kohei; Fukaya, Ryo; Adachi, Shin-ichi; Katayama, Tetsuo; Togashi, Tadashi; Owada, Shigeki; Yabashi, Makina; Hatada, Keisuke; Iwase, Akihide; Kudo, Akihiko; Takakusagi, Satoru; Yokoyamaa, Toshihiko und Asakura, Kiyotaka (2017): Capturing local structure modulations of photoexcited BiVO4 by ultrafast transient XAFS. In: Chemical Communications, Vol. 53, No. 53: pp. 7314-7317

Abstract

Ultrafast excitation of photocatalytically active BiVO4 was characterized by femto-and picosecond transient X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. An initial photoexcited state (<<500 fs) changed to a metastable state accompanied by a structural change with a time constant of similar to 14 ps. The structural change might stabilize holes on oxygen atoms since the interaction between Bi and O increases.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
• Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
• ISSN: 1359-7345
• Language: English