Spectral Characteristics and Photosensitization of TiO2 Nanoparticles in Reverse Micelles by Perylenes
2013
Hernández, Laura I. | Godin, Robert | Bergkamp, Jesse J. | Llansola Portolés, Manuel J. | Sherman, Benjamin D. | Tomlin, John | Kodis, Gerdenis | Méndez-Hernández, Dalvin D. | Bertolotti, Sonia | Chesta, Carlos A. | Mariño-Ochoa, Ernesto | Moore, Ana L. | Moore, Thomas A. | Cosa, Gonzalo | Palacios, Rodrigo E.
We report on the photosensitization of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO₂ NPs) synthesized inside AOT (bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate sodium salt) reverse micelles following photoexcitation of perylene derivatives with dicarboxylate anchoring groups. The dyes, 1,7-dibromoperylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxy dianhydride (1), 1,7-dipyrrolidinylperylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxy dianhydride (2), and 1,7-bis(4-tert-butylphenyloxy)perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxy dianhydride (3), have considerably different driving forces for photoinduced electron injection into the TiO₂ conduction band, as estimated by electrochemical measurements and quantum mechanical calculations. Fluorescence anisotropy measurements indicate that dyes 1 and 2 are preferentially solubilized in the micellar structure, creating a relatively large local concentration that favors the attachment of the dye to the TiO₂ surface. The binding process was followed by monitoring the hypsochromic shift of the dye absorption spectra over time for 1 and 2. Photoinduced electron transfer from the singlet excited state of 1 and 2 to the TiO₂ conduction band (CB) is indicated by emission quenching of the TiO₂-bound form of the dyes and confirmed by transient absorption measurements of the radical cation of the dyes and free carriers (injected electrons) in the TiO₂ semiconductor. Steady state and transient spectroscopy indicate that dye 3 does not bind to the TiO₂ NPs and does not photosensitize the semiconductor. This observation was rationalized as a consequence of the bulky t-butylphenyloxy groups which create a strong steric impediment for deep access of the dye within the micelle structure to reach the semiconductor oxide surface.
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