Visible‐Light‐Driven, Tunable, Photoelectrochemical Performance of a Series of Metal‐Chelate, Dye‐Organized, Crystalline, CdS Nanoclusters. Issue 27 (28th May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Yang; Lin, Qipu; Zhang, Qichun; Bu, Xianhui; Feng, Pingyun
• Is Part Of: Chemistry. Volume 20:Issue 27(2014)
• Page Start: 8297
• Page End: 8301
• Publication Date: 2014-05-28
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402639
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0947-6539

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>CdS nanoclusters of four different sizes were integrated with ruthenium‐complex dyes. The cluster–dye crystalline composites, [Cd₄(SPh)₁₀][Ru(bpy)₃], [Cd₈S(SPh)₁₆][Ru(bpy)₃], [Cd₈S(SPh)₁₃⋅Cl⋅(CH₃OCS₂)₂][Ru(phen)₃], [Cd₁₇S₄(SPh)₂₈][Ru(bpy)₃], and [Cd₃₂S₁₄(SPh)₄₀][Ru(phen)₃]₂ (phen=1, 10‐phenanthroline and bpy=bipyridine), show intense absorption in the visible‐light region. They also exhibit size‐dependent photocurrent responses under the illumination of visible light. The photocurrent increases with increased cluster size. The dyes also have significant influence on the photocurrent generation of the composite.</p> </abstract>