Journal
THIN SOLID FILMS
Volume 451, Issue -, Pages 64-68Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2003.10.106
Keywords
polymer/nanocrystals composite; colloidal nanocrystals; TiO2; MEH-PPV; photoactivity
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The optoelectronic processes occurring in colloidal anatase TiO2 nanocrystals/MEH-PPV conjugated polymer blends are reported. Composite films were prepared by spin-coating an homogeneous solution of low molecular weight MEH-PPV and surfactant-capped TiO2 nanocrystals onto low resistivity ITO substrates. Both nearly spherical and rod-like titania nanoparticles were used in the hybrid structures and the resulting blends comparatively examined, as a function of TiO2 nanoparticle morphology. The photoinduced charge transfer and recombination processes at the interface between the two components were studied by steady-state optical spectroscopy and photoelectrochemical experiments. A significant fluorescence quenching of the polymer occurred in MEH-PPV/TiO2 nanorods hetero-junctions and higher photoactivity of as prepared blends compared to the single components was observed and explained. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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