Issue 43, 2017

Tailoring photoelectrochemical properties of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenide nanolayers with porphyrin functionalization

Abstract

We report a facile interfacial engineering method that can drastically modulate the photoelectrochemical properties of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors. We find that the adsorption of Zn-centred protoporphyrins strongly influences the photocurrent, depending on the relative energy levels of the TMDs against those of the chromophore molecules.

Graphical abstract: Tailoring photoelectrochemical properties of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenide nanolayers with porphyrin functionalization

  • This article is part of the themed collection: 2D Materials

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Jun 2017
Accepted
08 Sep 2017
First published
08 Sep 2017

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 11233-11238

Tailoring photoelectrochemical properties of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenide nanolayers with porphyrin functionalization

H. Zhang, J. Ji, A. A. Gonzalez and J. H. Choi, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 11233 DOI: 10.1039/C7TC02861J

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