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Self-assembly and photoelectric properties of cerium complexes with 3, 4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid on nanocrystalline TiO2 films

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Self-assembled (SA) films (PMP, M = Ce3+ or Ce4+) of 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid (PTA) on nanocrystalline TiO2 films with Ce3+ or Ce4+ as a bridge were fabricated and characterized with UV-Vis, IR, and XPS synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy (SRPES) which gave the HOMO energy levels for the SA films. It was shown that thin-layer sandwich-type solar cells based on these SA films possess good properties for photoelectric conversion. While PTA-loaded TiO2 electrode (P) generated 26.9% of incident monochromatic photon-to-electron conversion efficiency (IPCE), PMP-sensitized TiO2 electrodes yielded 55.8% and 39.1% for Ce4+ and Ce3+ respectively. PMP films can be considered as a kind of complexes whose HOMO energy levels were proved to be higher than that of film P, which is one of the major reasons for the increase in IPCE from film P to film PMP.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China

    Zhongsheng Wang, Chunhui Huang, Fuyou Li, Shuming Yang & Shifu Weng

  2. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China

    Xiaoyi Fu & Nianzu Wu

  3. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039, Beijing, China

    Kurash Ibrahim, Fengqin Liu & Haijie Qian

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Wang, Z., Huang, C., Li, F. et al. Self-assembly and photoelectric properties of cerium complexes with 3, 4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid on nanocrystalline TiO2 films. Sc. China Ser. B-Chem. 44, 268–275 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02879617

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