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Dye-Sensitization of Tin Dioxide via the Functionalization of Oxide Surfaces with Trialkynylorganotins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Thierry Toupance
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Organométallique, UMR 5802 CNRS, Université Bordeaux 1, 351 Cours de la Libération, F33405 Talence Cedex, France.
Mervyn de Borniol
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Organométallique, UMR 5802 CNRS, Université Bordeaux 1, 351 Cours de la Libération, F33405 Talence Cedex, France.
Bernard Jousseaume
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Organométallique, UMR 5802 CNRS, Université Bordeaux 1, 351 Cours de la Libération, F33405 Talence Cedex, France.
Gil Vilaça
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Organométallique, UMR 5802 CNRS, Université Bordeaux 1, 351 Cours de la Libération, F33405 Talence Cedex, France.
Hubert Cachet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques, UPR 15 CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75 252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Vincent Vivier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques, UPR 15 CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75 252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Abstract

The surface modification of nanoporous tin dioxide materials was achieved with trialkynylorganotin(IV) (C4H9-C=C)3Sn-(CH2)n(C10H20) (n = 4,6)1 endowed with a perylene dye to yield powders containing up to 0.13 mmol.g-1 of perylene unit or dye-modified thin films. Irreversible chemisorption occurred in solution at room temperature to give perylene dye grafted at the oxide surface via the cleavage of the three tin-alkynide bonds of the precursor and the formation of Snbulk-O-Sn-Cdye linkages. The photoelectrochemical cells made with the 1-modified films demonstrated maximum incident photon to current efficiency (IPCE) as high as 18% at 430 nm under white light illumination. The performances of the cells were interpreted in terms of the intrinsic properties of tin dioxide and aggregation of the perylene dye.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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