Dye-sensitized photocatalytic H-2 generation has been investigated using a metal-free phenothiazine-based donor acceptor sensitizer (PTZ-GLU) in combination with coadsorbents. The coadsorption of the PTZ-GLU dye, functionalized with a glucose end-group, in combination with a glucose-based coadsorbent, afforded improved photocatalytic activity compared to the absence of coadsorbents, to the use of a conventional (chenodeoxycholic acid) coadsorbent, or by replacing the dye glucose functionality with an alkyl chain. The results suggest the strategic role of directional intermolecular dye coadsorbent interactions on the semiconductor surface, as confirmed by first principles computational modeling, which likely suppressed detrimental recombination processes.

Dye-Sensitized Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation: Efficiency Enhancement by Organic Photosensitizer-Coadsorbent Intermolecular Interaction

De Angelis, Filippo
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2018

Abstract

Dye-sensitized photocatalytic H-2 generation has been investigated using a metal-free phenothiazine-based donor acceptor sensitizer (PTZ-GLU) in combination with coadsorbents. The coadsorption of the PTZ-GLU dye, functionalized with a glucose end-group, in combination with a glucose-based coadsorbent, afforded improved photocatalytic activity compared to the absence of coadsorbents, to the use of a conventional (chenodeoxycholic acid) coadsorbent, or by replacing the dye glucose functionality with an alkyl chain. The results suggest the strategic role of directional intermolecular dye coadsorbent interactions on the semiconductor surface, as confirmed by first principles computational modeling, which likely suppressed detrimental recombination processes.
2018
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