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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 356, Issue 2, Pages 734-740Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.01.078
Keywords
TiO2/polyaniline nanocomposite; Chemical absorption; Photoelectrochemical reaction; Sensitization effect
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [20350096]
- Kagawa University
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20350096] Funding Source: KAKEN
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A novel core/shell structured TiO2/polyaniline nanocomposite was fabricated by grafting aniline on aminobenzoate monolayer that is chemically adsorbed on the TiO2 nanocrystal surface. The formation and nanostructure of the nanocomposite were investigated by FT-IR and UV-Vis spectra, TEM, FE-SEM, and TG-DTA analysis. Adsorption of aminobenzoate on the TiO2 surface is an effective method to obtain the uniform nanocomposite. The thickness of polyaniline layer coating on the TiO2 nanocrystal surface can be controlled in a range of 2-5 nm by this method. A photoelectrochemical study was carried out on the TiO2/polyaniline nanocomposite, and found that polyaniline in the nanocomposite acted as a visible-light sensitizer in a photoelectrochemical reaction. The sensitization effect increased with increasing binding strength between polyaniline and TiO2. A dye-sensitized solar cell with a short circuit current density of 0.19 mA/cm(2) and an open circuit voltage of 0.35 V was fabricated by using the TiO2/polyaniline nanocomposite film as a sensitized electrode. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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