Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (9): 1654.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20160840

• Physical Chemistry • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Pd(Ⅱ)-Directed Layer-by-layer Assembly of Multiporphyrin Arrays on Silica Nanoparticle Surfaces for Photocurrent Generation and Photochromism of Viologens

HE Wenli, CHEN Meng, QIAN Dongjin*()   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Received:2016-11-28 Online:2017-09-10 Published:2017-08-25
  • Contact: QIAN Dongjin E-mail:djqian@fudan.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21373058)

Abstract:

Pyridyl-functionalized silica nanoparticles(nanoSiO2BPy) were prepared, on the surfaces of which the Pd(Ⅱ)-directed multiporphyrin arrays were constructed by using the layer-by-layer(LBL) technique with zinc tetrapyridylporphyrin(ZnTPyP) as multi-dentate linkers to produce the nanoSiO2BPy@(Pd/ZnTPyP)n hybrid material. Thermogravimetric analysis revealed a mass loss of approximately 17% of the total mass that was attributed to the decomposition of organic species in the nanoSiO2BPy@(Pd/ZnTPyP)3 hybrid. For the ZnTPyP in the hybrids, the Soret absorption band appeared at about 426 nm, the fluorescent emission bands appeared at about 605 and 655 nm, and the emission lifetime was approximately 1.78 ns. All these data were much similar to those of ZnTPyP in the dilute DMSO solutions, suggesting that the porphyrin-porphyrin interactions were weak and no porphyrin aggregates formed in the hybrid. The silica nanoparticle sizes slightly increased from 10—16 nm to 15—20 nm, which was attributed to the fact that the multiporphyrin arrays were immobilized on the particle surfaces. Cyclic voltammograms of the hybrid in the casting films revealed two couples of redox peaks in the potential range of -0.6—-2.4 V(vs. Ag/AgCl), corresponding to the electron transfer processes of porphyrin oxidation. Finally, the indium tin oxide electrodes covered with the nanoSiO2BPy@(Pd/ZnTPyP)3 hybrid were used as the photosensitizers for the light-induced current generation and photochromism of ethyl viologens.

Key words: Multiporphyrin array, Hybrid material, Layer-by-layer assembly, Photocurrent, Photochromism

CLC Number: 

TrendMD: