Resonant photocurrent generation in dye-sensitized periodically nanostructured photoconductors by optical field confinement effects

Abstract

Herein we show experimental evidence of resonant photocurrent generation in dye-sensitized periodically nanostructured photoconductors, which is achieved by spectral matching of the sensitizer absorption band to different types of localized photon modes present in either periodic or broken symmetry structures. Results are explained in terms of the calculated spatial distribution of the electric field intensity within the configurations under analysis. © 2013 American Chemical Society.