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DOI: 10.1039/A809706B (Paper) Reference Section for: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1999, 1225-1230

Photovoltaic response of carotenoid-sensitized electrode in aqueous solution: ITO coated with a mixture of TiO2 nanoparticles, carotenoid, and polyvinylcarbazole

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Guoqiang Gao Gao, Yi Deng and Lowell D. Kispert

Abstract

Photovoltaic responses were observed upon irradiating (>420 nm) an ITO electrode spin-coated with a mixture of TiO2 nanoparticles, polyvinylcarbazole, and carotenoid (canthaxanthin or β-carotene, Car) and immersed in an aqueous KCl solution also containing hydroquinone (QH2). The anodic photocurrent involves electron transfer from the excited state of the carotenoid (Car*) to the TiO2 conduction band; the resulting carotenoid radical cation (Car˙+) is reduced by QH2. The photocurrent was nearly constant during one hour of continuous irradiation, which indicates that these carotenoids are stable at the electrode/electrolyte interface, presumably because of rapid regeneration of Car from Car˙+ during the electron transfer cycle. In contrast, when the aqueous electrolyte solution was saturated with O2, a cathodic photocurrent was observed; this reversal of polarity is attributed to electron transfer from Car* to O2, and subsequent reduction of the resulting Car˙+ by electrons from the TiO2 conduction band.

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