Abstract Heterostructures of Cobalt‐Iron (Co‐Fe) Prussian blue analogues (PBA) and inorganic semiconductors are attractive materials for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water oxidation. Their efficiency is rooted in the charge transfer (CT) at the PBA|semiconductor interface. The interfacial…
Understanding the interfacial composition in heterostructures is crucial for tailoring heterogenous electrochemical and photoelectrochemical processes. This work aims to elucidate the structure of a series of Co−Fe Prussian blue analogue modified ZnO (PBA/ZnO) electrodes with interface‐sensitive vibrational…
Abstract Molecular‐level insight into the interfacial composition of electrodes at the solid‐electrolyte and the solid‐electrode interface is essential to understanding the charge transfer processes, which are vital for electrochemical (EC) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) applications. However, spectroscopic…
Organic‐inorganic heterostructures play a pivotal role in modern electronic and optoelectronic applications including photodetectors and field effect transistors, as well as in solar energy conversion such as photoelectrodes of dye‐sensitized solar cells, photoelectrochemical cells, and in organic photovoltaics.…
This thesis demonstrates that fabrication conditions can be effectively employed to modulate interfacial electronic interactions in heterostructures comprising redox-active complexes and inorganic semiconductors, as exemplified by the PBA|ZnO system. A pivotal finding is the realization of cooperative…
Abstract The effect of roughness and thickness of alumina layers, mimicking the passivation layer commonly used in dye‐sensitized photoelectrodes, on the molecular adsorption of P1 dye, 4‐(bi(4‐(2,2‐dicyano‐vinyl)‐thiophene‐2‐yl]‐phenyl]‐aminobenzoic acid) has been studied using surface‐sensitive vibrational…
Electrochemical interfaces are key structures in energy storage and catalysis. Hence, a molecular understanding of the active sites at these interfaces, their solvation, the structure of adsorbates, and the formation of solid‐electrolyte interfaces are crucial for an in‐depth mechanistic understanding…