Local coordination geometry within cobalt spinel oxides mediates photoinduced polaron formation
Erica P. Craddock, Jacob L. Shelton, Michael T. Ruggiero, Kathryn E. Knowles
Abstract
Comparison of the optical properties of Co 3 O 4 and ZnCo 2 O 4 elucidates fundamental differences in mechanisms of photoinduced polaron formation based on the presence or absence of substitutional lattice defects arising from cation inversion.
Topics & Concepts
PolaronSpinelCobaltMaterials scienceCoordination geometryChemistryCrystallographyPhotochemistryInorganic chemistryPhysicsMoleculeMetallurgyQuantum mechanicsOrganic chemistryElectronHydrogen bondCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryZnO doping and properties