Journal
JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
Volume 29, Issue -, Pages 88-94Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2018.02.017
Keywords
Ultrafast laser dynamics; Metal-organic frameworks; TiO2 nano-arrays; Energy conversion; Thin film
Funding
- Science and Technology Development Fund in Egypt (STDF) [12323]
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Herein, we report the victorious synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) on TiO2 nanotubes (NTs) using a layer-by-layer (LbL) approach. Highly crystalline and homogenous thin films of MOFs were grown and characterized using XRD, SEM, FT-IR and UV/Vis spectroscopy. Moreover, the utilization of the MOF films as sensitizers was probed in bespoke Graetzel type liquid junction solar cells. The constructed cell performance revealed an I-sc of 1.16mA cm(-2), V-oc of 0.63V, FF of 0.33, and E-ff of 0.42%. Further, pump-probe transient laser spectroscopy was performed to investigate the energy and charge transfer dynamics of the MOFs/TiO2 NTs interface. The results indicated 86% injection efficiency. The ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy allows the investigation of this process and the differences between MOFs. It also showed that the relaxation of the MOF chromophores is in competition with electron injection in the TiO2 motif. Thus this study provides a new insight into electron transfer from photoexcited metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) into titanium dioxide. (C) 2018 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press. All rights reserved.
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