Photoelectrode characteristics of partially hydrolyzed aluminum phthalocyanine chloride/fullerene C₆₀ composite nanoparticles working in a water phase.

ABSTRACT: Photoelectrochemical measurements were used to study the photoelectrode characteristics of composite nanoparticles composed of fullerene C₆₀ and partially hydrolyzed aluminum phthalocyanine chloride (AlPc). In cyclic voltammetry measurements, the electrodes coated with the composite nanoparticles were found to have photoanodic [electron donor: 2-mercaptoethanol (ME)] and photocathodic (electron acceptor: O₂) characteristics similar to those of the vapor-deposited p/n junction electrode. Their photoanodic features were further investigated with respect to the transient photocurrent response to light irradiation and the dependence on ME concentration (under potentiostatic conditions), from which it was noted that there was a decrease in the initial spiky photocathodic current and saturation

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6268333 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature