Photocurrent generation via vertical transport of a photogenerated electron through electron relay confined within micropores of an anodic aluminium oxide film
Abstract
A solar to electricity conversion device employing Ru(bpy)32+(bpy = bipyridyl) as a sensitizes, octadecyl methyl viologen (ODMV) confined within micropores of an anodic aluminum oxide film as an electron relay, and triethanolamine (TEA) as a donor, was constructed with a gold electrode; when the electrode potential was kept more positive than the redox potential of ODMV, an anodic photocurrent was observed.