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    Chemically specific dynamic characterization of photovoltaic and photoconductivity effects of surface nanostructures
    (American Chemical Society, 2010) Ekiz, O. Ö.; Mizrak, K.; Dâna, A.
    We report characterization of photovoltaic and photoconductivity effects on nanostructured surfaces through light induced changes in the X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS). The technique combines the chemical specificity of XPS and the power of surface photovoltage spectroscopy (SPV), with the addition of the ability to characterize photoconductivity under both static and dynamic optical excitation. A theoretical model that quantitatively describes the features of the observed spectra is presented. We demonstrate the applicability of the model on a multitude of sample systems, including homo- and heterojunction solar cells, CdS nanoparticles on metallic or semiconducting substrates, and carbon nanotube films on silicon substrates.
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    Simplified calculations of band-gap renormalization in quantum-wells
    (Academic Press, 1996) Güven, K.; Tanatar, Bilal
    Non-linear optical properties of photoexcited semiconductor quantum-wells are of interest because of their opto-electronic device application possibilities. Many-body interactions of the optically created electrons and holes lead to the band-gap renormalization which in turn determines the absorption spectra of such systems. We employ a simplified approach to calculate the band-gap renormalization in quantum-well systems by considering the interaction of a single electron-hole pair with the collective excitations (plasmons). This method neglects the exchange-correlation effects but fully accounts for the Coulomb-hole term in the single-particle self-energy. We demonstrate that the density, temperature, and well-width dependence of the band-gap renormalization for GaAs quantum-wells within our model is in good agreement with the experimental results. © 1996 Academic Press Limited.