title: Modulation of electron injection in CdSe-TiO(2) system through medium alkalinity.
abstract: Charge injection from excited CdSe quantum dots into nanostructured TiO(2) film can be modulated by varying solution pH. At increasing solution pH, the conduction band of TiO(2) shifts 59 mV/pH unit to a more negative potential, thereby decreasing the driving force and thus decreasing the rate of nonradiative electron transfer from excited CdSe. The emission yield and the average emission lifetime increase with increasing pH, thus providing a way to monitor the variation in medium pH.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.
authors.forename: Vidhya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chakrapani
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tvrdy
authors.forename: Prashant V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Kamat