» Articles » PMID: 28480915

Capturing Local Structure Modulations of Photoexcited BiVO by Ultrafast Transient XAFS

Abstract

Ultrafast excitation of photocatalytically active BiVO was characterized by femto- and picosecond transient X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. An initial photoexcited state (≪500 fs) changed to a metastable state accompanied by a structural change with a time constant of ∼14 ps. The structural change might stabilize holes on oxygen atoms since the interaction between Bi and O increases.

Citing Articles

The dynamics of plasmon-induced hot carrier creation in colloidal gold.

Wach A, Bericat-Vadell R, Bacellar C, Cirelli C, Johnson P, Castillo R Nat Commun. 2025; 16(1):2274.

PMID: 40050628 PMC: 11885627. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57657-1.


Hole Dynamics in Photoexcited Hematite Studied with Femtosecond Oxygen K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy.

Uemura Y, Ismail A, Park S, Kwon S, Kim M, Elnaggar H J Phys Chem Lett. 2022; 13(19):4207-4214.

PMID: 35512383 PMC: 9125685. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00295.


Femtosecond Charge Density Modulations in Photoexcited CuWO.

Uemura Y, Ismail A, Park S, Kwon S, Kim M, Niwa Y J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces. 2021; 125(13):7329-7336.

PMID: 33859771 PMC: 8040018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c10525.