TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of metal ions in porphyrin-based applied materials for visible-light photocatalysis: Key information from ultrafast electronic spectroscopy
AU - Kar, Prasenjit
AU - Sardar, Samim
AU - Alarousu, Erkki
AU - Sun, Jingya
AU - Seddigi, Zaki Shakir Abdullah
AU - Ahmed, Saleh Abdel Mgeed
AU - Danish, Ekram Yousif
AU - Mohammed, Omar F.
AU - Pal, Samir Kumar
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: The authors would like to acknowledge partial financial support from Umm Al-Qura University. The work is partially supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. P. K. thanks the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, India) for fellowships. S. K. P. thanks the Department of Science and Technology (DST, India) for financial grants.
PY - 2014/7/10
Y1 - 2014/7/10
N2 - ProtoporphyrinIX-zinc oxide (PP-ZnO) nanohybrids have been synthesized for applications in photocatalytic devices. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and steady-state infrared, absorption, and emission spectroscopies have been used to analyze the structural details and optical properties of these nanohybrids. Time-resolved fluorescence and transient absorption techniques have been applied to study the ultrafast dynamic events that are key to photocatalytic activities. The photocatalytic efficiency under visible-light irradiation in the presence of naturally abundant iron(III) and copper(II) ions has been found to be significantly retarded in the former case, but enhanced in the latter case. More importantly, femtosecond (fs) transient absorption data have clearly demonstrated that the residence of photoexcited electrons from the sensitizer PP in the centrally located iron moiety hinders ground-state bleach recovery of the sensitizer, affecting the overall photocatalytic rate of the nanohybrid. The presence of copper(II) ions, on the other hand, offers additional stability against photobleaching and eventually enhances the efficiency of photocatalysis. In addition, we have also explored the role of UV light in the efficiency of photocatalysis and have rationalized our observations from femtosecond- to picosecond-resolved studies. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
AB - ProtoporphyrinIX-zinc oxide (PP-ZnO) nanohybrids have been synthesized for applications in photocatalytic devices. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and steady-state infrared, absorption, and emission spectroscopies have been used to analyze the structural details and optical properties of these nanohybrids. Time-resolved fluorescence and transient absorption techniques have been applied to study the ultrafast dynamic events that are key to photocatalytic activities. The photocatalytic efficiency under visible-light irradiation in the presence of naturally abundant iron(III) and copper(II) ions has been found to be significantly retarded in the former case, but enhanced in the latter case. More importantly, femtosecond (fs) transient absorption data have clearly demonstrated that the residence of photoexcited electrons from the sensitizer PP in the centrally located iron moiety hinders ground-state bleach recovery of the sensitizer, affecting the overall photocatalytic rate of the nanohybrid. The presence of copper(II) ions, on the other hand, offers additional stability against photobleaching and eventually enhances the efficiency of photocatalysis. In addition, we have also explored the role of UV light in the efficiency of photocatalysis and have rationalized our observations from femtosecond- to picosecond-resolved studies. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563628
UR - http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/chem.201402632
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905500474&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/chem.201402632
DO - 10.1002/chem.201402632
M3 - Article
SN - 0947-6539
VL - 20
SP - 10475
EP - 10483
JO - Chemistry - A European Journal
JF - Chemistry - A European Journal
IS - 33
ER -