An Electrostatically Self-Assembled Thin Film Made of Zn-Substituted Tungstoborate and Rhodamine B with Photoelectrochemical Properties
An electrostatically self-assembled multilayer thin film consisting of alternating layers of Keggin polyoxometalate of Zn-substituted tungstoborate (BW11Zn) and Rhodamine B (RhB) has successfully been prepared on a quartz and indium-tin oxide (ITO) glass substrate. The ultraviolet-visible
(UV-vis) absorption spectra demonstrated that the electrostatically self-assembled film of (BW11Zn/RhB)
n
was uniformly deposited layer by layer, and the RhB molecules in the film formed the J-aggregation. The photoelectrochemical investigations showed that
the films generated stable cathodic photocurrents that originated from RhB, and the maximal cathodic photocurrent density generated by an eight-layer film was 4.9 μA/cm2 while the film was irradiated with 100 mW/cm2 polychromatic light of 730 nm > λ
> 325 nm at an applied potential of 0 V versus a saturated calomel electrode.
Keywords: Photoelectrochemical Property; Polyoxometalate; Rhodamine B; Self-Assembled Film
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China 2: College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Publication date: 01 April 2016
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