Stabilization of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Chromophores on Mesoporous TiO2 Electrodes: Surface Reductive Electropolymerization and Silane Chemistry.

ABSTRACT: Stabilization is a critical issue in the long term operation of dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cells (DSPECs) for water splitting or CO2 reduction. The cells require a stable binding of the robust molecular chromophores, catalysts, and chromophore/catalyst assemblies on metal oxide semiconductor electrodes under the corresponding (photoelectro)chemical conditions. Here, an efficient stabilization strategy is presented based on functionalization of FTO|nanoTiO2 (mesoporous, nanostructured TiO2 deposited on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass) electrodes with a vinylsilane followed by surface reductive electropolymerization of a vinyl-derivatized Ru(II) polypyridyl chromophore. The surface electropolymerization was dominated by a grafting-through mechanism, and rapidly completed withi

SUBMITTER: Wu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6439529 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature