• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.2849-2853
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• 2010

A method to improve the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide by modification with a sensitizer and a metal oxide is proposed. To achieve this goal, we used metal oxides as dopants. In particular, $CaWO_4$ and $Gd_2O_2S$:Tb were used because their 2.6 eV and 2.2 eV band gap energy and optical properties have a large positive effect on photocatalysis. The improvement in the photocatalytic activity of $TiO_2$ modified with $Gd_2O_2S$:Tb under ultraviolet light irradiation is described in a previous study. The present work focuses on the sensitization of metal oxide-modified $TiO_2$. Having observed the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectra of 3,4,9,10-Perylenetetracarboxylic diimide in the wide visible-light region from 400 nm to 650 nm and the broad peaks in its photoluminescence spectra at 695 nm and 717 nm, we decided to use this perylene dye to sensitize modified $TiO_2$ to enhance its activity as a visible-light harvesting photocatalyst. We also explored the positive effects thin-film surface changes stemming from ultraviolet pre-treatment have on photocatalytic activity. Finally, we subjected several metal oxide-modified $TiO_2$ products sensitized by the perylene dye to ultraviolet pre-treatment, obtaining the most active photocatalysts.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.461-468
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• 2006

MEH-PPV/DFPP 혼합물의 고분자 박막에서 광학적 특성들이 최초로 조사되었다. 여기서 사용된 BFPP(N, N'-diperfluorophenyl-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide)는 새로운 n형 고분자인데 공기 중에서 안정성이 우수하고 일반 용매에서 잘 용해되었다. 1:19 DFPP:MEH-PPV 혼합물의 경우 매우 효율적인 형광소멸이 관측되었다. 더불어 이 MEH-PPV/DFPP 광전 셀의 광전류 응답특성들이 측정되었다. 빛의 세기가 $50mW/cm^2$일 때 단락전류 밀도는 단일 층의 MEH-PPV 소자들보다 2배 이상 되었다.