Optical-Field Driven Charge-Transfer Modulations near Composite Nanostructures

Abstract

Optical activation of material properties illustrates the potentials held by tuning light-matter interactions with impacts ranging from basic science to technological applications. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that composite nanostructures providing nonlocal environments can be engineered to optically trigger photoinduced charge transfer dynamic (CTD) modulations in the solid state. The nanostructures herein explored lead to unprecedented out-of-phase behaviour between charge separation and recombination dynamics, along with linear CTD variations with the optical-field amplitude. Using transient absorption spectroscopy, up to 270 % increase in charge separation rate is obtained in organic semiconductor thin films. We provide evidences that composite nanostructures allow for surface photovoltages to be created, which kinetics vary with the composite architecture and last beyond optical pulse temporal characteristics. Furthermore, by generalizing Marcus theory framework, we explain why CTD modulations can only be unveiled when optic field effects are enhanced by nonlocal image dipole interactions. Demonstrating that composite nanostructures can be designed to use optical fields as CTD remote actuators opens the path for their use in practical and original applications ranging from photochemistry to optoelectronics.

arXiv comment8 pages, 6 figures

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