Local Charge Carrier Dynamics for Photocatalytic Materials Using Pattern-Illumination Time-Resolved Phase Microscopy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of TiO2 and α-Fe2O3 Films
2.2. PI-PM Method
3. Results
3.1. Charge Carrier Dynamics of a TiO2 Particulate Film
3.2. Charge Carrier Dynamics of an Fe2O3 Film
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Katayama, K.; Kawaguchi, K.; Egawa, Y.; Pan, Z. Local Charge Carrier Dynamics for Photocatalytic Materials Using Pattern-Illumination Time-Resolved Phase Microscopy. Energies 2022, 15, 9578. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15249578
Katayama K, Kawaguchi K, Egawa Y, Pan Z. Local Charge Carrier Dynamics for Photocatalytic Materials Using Pattern-Illumination Time-Resolved Phase Microscopy. Energies. 2022; 15(24):9578. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15249578
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatayama, Kenji, Kei Kawaguchi, Yuta Egawa, and Zhenhua Pan. 2022. "Local Charge Carrier Dynamics for Photocatalytic Materials Using Pattern-Illumination Time-Resolved Phase Microscopy" Energies 15, no. 24: 9578. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15249578