charge transfer

American  

[chahrj trans-fer] / ˈtʃɑrdʒ ˌtræns fər /

noun

plural

charge transfers

1. Physical Chemistry. the fractional transfer of an electric charge, such as between molecules, without the transfer of electrons.

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Other Word Forms

• charge-transfer adjective

Example Sentences

Until now, scientists generally believed that ultrafast charge transfer required large energy differences between materials and strong electronic coupling.

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They placed a polymer donor next to a non fullerene acceptor with almost no energy difference and only weak interaction -- conditions that should have significantly slowed charge transfer.

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Modeling the properties of the nano-bio interface is demanding since the important processes such as electronic charge transfer, chemical reactions or restructuring of the biomolecule surface can take place in a wide range of length and time scales, and the atomistic simulations need to be run in the appropriate aqueous environment.

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Previous experiments have focused more on molecules used for positive charge transfer in the perovskite solar cells.

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In addition, this chemical short-range disorder increases the charge transfer in the electrode, resulting in shorter charging times.

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