Organic Semiconductor Nanoparticles with Heterojunctions Composed of Fullerene C₆₀ and Zinc Phthalocyanine and Their Application to Visible-Light-Responsive Photocatalysts

• Zhang Shuai

  Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University Division of Energetic Materials for Photonics, Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University

• Abe Toshiyuki

  Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University Division of Energetic Materials for Photonics, Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University

• Iyoda Tomokazu

  Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University Division of Energetic Materials for Photonics, Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University

• Norimatsu Takayoshi

  Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University Division of Energetic Materials for Photonics, Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University

• Nagai Keiji

  Division of Integrated Molecular Engineering, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Abstract

Composite nanoparticles composed of fullerene C₆₀ and zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) were synthesized by injecting their mixed N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) solution into water. The nanoparticles have heterojunction structures according to charge-transfer (CT) absorption band of the mixed NMP solution and superior photoanodic current of the composite nanoparticles. The nanoparticles were used as visible-light-responsive photocatalysts without bias potential to decompose organic compounds to CO₂, and heterojunctions are proved to be critical to enhance the photocatalytic activity of the nanoparticles.

Journal

• Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan

  Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan 36 (2), 177-181, 2011

  The Materials Research Society of Japan

Keywords

• donor-acceptor
• heterojunction
• nanoparticle
• visible-light-responsive photocatalyst

Details

• CRID: 1390001205513518592
• NII Article ID: 130005004122
• DOI: 10.14723/tmrsj.36.177
• COI: 1:CAS:528:DC%2BC3MXpvVels7o%3D
• ISSN: 21881650
• ISSN: 13823469
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tmrsj/36/2/36_177/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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