Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer (ET) processes in dye-semiconductor systems are studied employing a first-principles based methodology. Electronic structure calculations are used to characterize the systems and to parametrize a model Hamiltonian. On the basis of this modeling procedure, accurate quantum dynamical simulations are performed employing the multilayer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree method. As representative examples, several dye molecules adsorbed at titanium oxide nanoparticles are considered. The simulations show that in all systems the electron injection process takes place on an ultrafast femtosecond timescale and is accompanied by significant electronic coherence effects. The mechanisms of the ET process, in particular the influence of the anchor and bridge groups as well as the effect of Dushinsky rotation on the ET dynamics, are studied in detail.
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Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer (ET) processes in dye-semiconductor systems are studied employing a first-principles based methodology. Electronic structure calculations are used to characterize the systems and to parametrize a model Hamiltonian. On the basis of this modeling procedure, accurate quantum dynamical simulations are performed employing the multilayer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree method. As representative examples, several dye molecules adsorbed at titanium oxid...
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