Photogenerated charge transfer in colloidal semiconductors

The overwhelming majority of colloidal semiconductors studied to date are metal oxides and chalcogenides with the greatest interest being shown in the chemically durable titanium dioxide. In turn, most of the research 

In the previous section, we described in detail the primary processes that give rise to photogenerated electrochemically active (and potentially electrochemically useful) charge carriers on illuminated semiconductor particles (reactions (9.1)-(9.4)). Thus, in this section, we will consider, from a predominantly electrochemical viewpoint, the thermodynamics and kinetics associated with the interfacial charge transfer processes that occur post-charge carrier generation (reactions (9.5)-(9.7)). 

A complete treatment of interfacial charge transfer in colloidal semiconductor systems with band gap excitation should consider the following factors  

The thermodynamic requirements for efficient photoelectrolysis may be described in isolation from the kinetic requirements if factors (3)-(8) are ignored and this simplest case scenario will be considered in the next section. The remainder of Section 9.3 will discuss the modifications that 

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