Abstract

The work function, or ionization energy, for eight solid dyes has been measured. In each case it was found that this energy was equal to the sum of the electron affinity of the dye, as previously measured by the writer, and the energy required to produce a charge carrier in the solid dye. The data confirm the point of view that electron-transfer processes in dye sensitization are energetically possible.

© 1961 Optical Society of America

Energy Transfers between Sensitizer and Substrate. III. Sensitization by Thick Dye Films*

R. C. Nelson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 51(11) 1182-1186 (1961)

Energy Transfers between Crystals and Adsorbed Dyes. II. Effect of Concentration on Efficiency of Sensitization*

R. C. Nelson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 48(12) 948-952 (1958)

Contact Potential Difference between Sensitizing Dye and Substrate*

R. C. Nelson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 46(12) 1016-1019 (1956)

Energy Transfers between Crystals and Adsorbed Dyes. I. Desensitization*

R. C. Nelson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 48(1) 1-3 (1958)

Sensitization of Photoconductivity in Cadmium Sulfide*

R. C. Nelson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 46(1) 13-16 (1956)