title: Water-mediated promotion of dye sensitization of TiO2 under visible light.
abstract: Preadsorbed water along with surrounding bulk water significantly modulates the surface electronic structure of TiO(2), switches the adsorption mode of dyes, and promotes dye sensitization of TiO(2) under visible-light irradiation. This opens a door toward facile improvement in the efficiency of photodegradation of dyes and dye-sensitized solar cells under visible-light irradiation without any complicated and expensive surface modulation.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
authors.forename: Lun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Ji-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Xiangwen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang