Synthesis of capped TiO 2 nanocrystals of controlled shape and their use with MEH-PPV to develop nanocomposite films for photovoltaic applications

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2815-2824

  Vu, Thi Thuy Duong ^a,b   Mighri, Frej ^a,b   Do, Trong On ^b   Ajji, Abdellah ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capped nanoparticles; MEH PPV; Nanocomposites; Photoluminescence; Photovoltaic; Titanium dioxyde; UV Visible spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CAPPING AGENT; CONTROLLED SHAPE; DIFFERENT SHAPES; MEH-PPV; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; P-PHENYLENE VINYLENE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; RADIATION ABSORPTION; TIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE TRANSFER; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OLEIC ACID; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SUN; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84862994022     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.5792     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. D. M. Chapin, C. S. Fuller, and G. L. Pearson, J. Appl. Phys. 25, 676 (1954).
2. B. C. J. Brabec, N. S. Sariciftci, and J. C. Hummelen, Adv. Funct. Mater. 11, 15 (2001).
3. V. D. Mihailetchi, L. J. A. Koster, and P. W. M. Blom, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 970 (2004).
4. Y. Kim, S. A. Choulis, J. Nelson, D. D. C. Bradley, S. Cook, and J. R. Durrant, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 063502 (2005).
5. Y. Kang and D. Kim, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 90, 166 (2006).
6. M. Ku, N. Sarkar, P. Bertoncello, and A. Sarkar, Synthetic Metals 122, 369 (2001).
7. M. Wu, H. Lo, H. Liao, S. Chen, Y. Lin, W. Yen, T. Zeng, Y. Chen, C. Chen, and W. Su, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 93, 869 (2008).
8. M. Al-Ibrahim, H.-K. Roth, U. Zhokhavets, G. Gobsch, and S. Sensfuss, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 85, 13 (2004).
9. D. Verma, A. Ranga Rao, and V. Dutta, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 93, 1482 (2009).
10. W. U. Huynh, J. J. Dittmer, and A. P. Alivisatos, Science 295, 2425 (2002).
11. L. Wang, Y. Liu, X. Jiang, D. Qin, and Y. Cao, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 9538 (2007).
12. L. B. Roberson, M. A. Poggi, J. Kwalik, G. P. Smestad, L. A. Bottomley, L. M. Tolbert, Coord. Chem. Rev. 248, 1491 (2004).
13. D. S. Ginger and N. C. Greenham, Synthetic Metals 124, 117 (2001).
14. J. S. Salafsky, Physical Review B 59, 885 (1999).
15. J. Nelson, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 6, 87 (2002).
16. C.-T. Dinh, T.-D. Nguyen, F. Kleitz, and T.-O. Do, ACS Nano 3, 3737 (2009).
17. Y. Bessekhouad, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 157, 47 (2003).
18. X.-L. Li, Q. Peng, J.-X. Yi, X. Wang, and Y. Li, Chem. Eur. J 12, 2383 (2006).
19. J. Livage, M. Henry, and C. Sanchez, Prog. Solid St. Chem. 18, 259 (1988).
20. J. Joo, S. G. Kwon, T. Yu, M. Cho, J. Lee, J. Yoon, and T. Hyeon, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 15297 (2005).
21. Y.-W. Jun, M. F. Casula, J.-H. Sim, S. Y. Kim, A. P. Alivisatos, and J. Cheon, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 15981 (2003).
22. B. Wu, C. Guo, N. Zheng, Z. Xie, and G. D. Stucky, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 17563 (2008).
23. M. V. Limaye, S. B. Singh, S. K. Date, D. Kothari, V. R. Reddy, A. Gupta, V. Sathe, R. J. Choudhary, and S. K. Kulkarni, J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 9070 (2009).
24. S. Chen and W. Liu, Mater. Chem. Phys. 98, 183 (2006).
25. V. Tzitzios, D. Niarchos, G. Margariti, J. Fidler, and D. Petridis, Nanotechnology 16, 287 (2005).
26. N. Serpone, D. Lawless, and R. Khairutdinovt, J. Phys. Chem. 99, 16646 (1995).
27. B. K. Kirchoff, Nature Materials 2, 138 (2003).
28. J. Li and L.-W. Wang, Nano Letters 3, 1357 (2003).
29. E. K. Miller, D. Yoshida, C. Y. Yang, and A. J. Heeger, Phys. Rev. B 59, 4661 (1999).
30. S.-S. Kim, J. Jo, C. Chun, J.-C. Hong, and D.-Y. Kim, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 188, 364 (2007).
31. B. Su, Z. Ma, S. Min, S. She, and Z. Wang, Materials Science and Engineering A 458, 44 (2007).
32. N. C. Greenham, X. Peng, and A. Alivisatos, Phys. Rev. B 54, 17628 (1996).
33. A. Petrella, M. Tamborra, M. L. Curri, P. Cosma, M. Striccoli, P. D. Cozzoli, and A. Agostiano, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 1554 (2005).
34. J. Liu, W. Wang, H. Yu, Z. Wu, J. Peng, and Y. Cao, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 92, 1403 (2008).