We are a group of experimental photo chemists exploring how to use light to drive important chemical reactions and energy harvesting devices such as solar cells. We use a range of spectroscopy such as transient absorption spectroscopy, the data of which we use in this tutorial to monitor and quantify these dynamics. One of the current challenges is to monitor and quantify chemical dynamics and devices under more realistic conditions or what one would call operational conditions that truly represent how they would be implemented in real life.
The advantage of this protocol is to provide a relatively easy entry point for beginners. We wanted to outline the basics of fitting and some of the common challenges in an approachable way for those new to this area. We will always keep using light as our inspiration.
We hope to apply our expertise to understand how photo-activated devices function under real life operating conditions to help address environmental pollution challenges and to harness energy from the sun to benefit our society.
