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Visualization And Quantification Of The Laser-Induced Art Of Tio2 By Photoexcitation Of Adsorbed Dyes, Daniela (Labadini) Graf Stillfried Barreto May 2021

Visualization And Quantification Of The Laser-Induced Art Of Tio2 By Photoexcitation Of Adsorbed Dyes, Daniela (Labadini) Graf Stillfried Barreto

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Dye-pretreated anatase TiO2 films, commonly used as photoanodes in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC), were utilized as a model system to investigate the laser-induced anatase to rutile phase transformation (ART), using N719 dye, N749 dye, D149 dye, and MC540 dye as photo-sensitizers. The visible lasers (532 and 785 nm) used for Raman spectroscopy were able to transform pure anatase into rutile at the laser spot when excitation of the dye sensitizer caused an electron injection from the excited state of the dye molecule into the conduction band of the TiO2. The three dyes with carboxylic acid anchor groups (N719, N749 …