Efficient photocurrent generation by SnO2 electrode modified electrophoretically with composite clusters of porphyrin-modified silica microparticle and fullerene

Hiroshi Imahori; Keigo Mitamura; Tomokazu Umeyama; Kohei Hosomizu; Yoshihiro Matano; Kaname Yoshida; Seiji Isoda

doi:10.1039/B513707A

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Efficient photocurrent generation by SnO₂electrode modified electrophoretically with composite clusters of porphyrin-modified silica microparticle and fullerene†

Hiroshi Imahori,*^ab Keigo Mitamura,^a Tomokazu Umeyama,^a Kohei Hosomizu,^a Yoshihiro Matano,^a Kaname Yoshida^c and Seiji Isoda^c

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^a Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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^b Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, 34-4 Takano-Nishihiraki-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

^c Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

Abstract

A silica microparticle has been successfully employed as a nanoscaffold to self-organize porphyrin and C₆₀ molecules on a nanostructured SnO₂ electrode which exhibits efficient photocurrent generation.

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Optical microscopic image of 3 (S1), IR spectrum of 3 (S2), diffuse reflectance absorption spectrum of 3 (S3), absorption spectra of ITO/SnO₂/(3 + C₆₀)_m (S4) and SEM images of ITO/SnO₂/(3 + C₆₀)_m electrodes (S5) PDF (1661K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B513707A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 27 Sep 2005
Accepted: 08 Nov 2005
First published: 05 Dec 2005

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Chem. Commun., 2006, 406-408

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Efficient photocurrent generation by SnO₂ electrode modified electrophoretically with composite clusters of porphyrin-modified silica microparticle and fullerene

H. Imahori, K. Mitamura, T. Umeyama, K. Hosomizu, Y. Matano, K. Yoshida and S. Isoda, Chem. Commun., 2006, 406 DOI: 10.1039/B513707A

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