Characterizing the Role of Iodine Doping in Improving Photovoltaic Performance of Dye‐Sensitized Hierarchically Structured ZnO Solar Cells

We report two novel types of hierarchically structured iodine‐doped ZnO (I? ZnO)‐based dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSCs) using indoline D205 and the ruthenium complex N719 as sensitizers. It was found that iodine doping boosts the efficiencies of D205 I? ZnO and N719 I? ZnO DSCs with an enhancement of 20.3 and 17.9 %, respectively, compared to the undoped versions. Transient absorption spectra demonstrated that iodine doping impels an increase in the decay time of I? ZnO, favoring enhanced exciton life. Mott–Schottky analysis results indicated a negative shift of the flat‐band potential (V_fb) of ZnO, caused by iodine doping, and this shift correlated with the enhancement of the open circuit voltage (V_oc). To reveal the effect of iodine doping on the effective separation of e^?‐h⁺ pairs which is responsible for cell efficiency, direct visualization of light‐induced changes in the surface potential between I? ZnO particles and dye molecules were traced by Kelvin probe force microscopy. We found that potential changes of iodine‐doped ZnO films by irradiation were above one hundred millivolts and thus significantly greater. In order to correlate enhanced cell performance with iodine doping, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, incident‐photon‐current efficiency, and cyclic voltammetry investigations on I? ZnO cells were carried out. The results revealed several favorable features of I? ZnO cells, that is, longer electron lifetime, lower charge‐transfer resistance, stronger peak current, and extended visible light harvest, all of which serve to promote cell performance.     

氟离子与磺化反应改性多壁纳米碳管催化剂的制备、表征及催化酯化反应合成油酸甲酯性能

通过高温浸渍法,对多壁纳米碳管进行了氟离子与浓硫酸磺化反应修饰改性处理,制备了一种新型Lewis酸型催化剂F^--SO₄^2-/MWCNTs,并通过透射电镜、拉曼光谱、X射线光电子能谱、吡啶吸附红外光谱、X射线荧光光谱、X射线衍射和NH₃程序升温脱附等表征手段对其的物理化学性能进行了表征分析,进而对多壁纳米碳管经F-与浓硫酸磺化反应修饰改性后所出现的结构与催化性能变化的内在影响规律进行了探索。以F^--SO₄^2-/MWCNTs为催化剂,以甲醇和油酸为原料,对其在应用于催化酯化反应合成油酸甲酯过程中的活性进行了研究。结果表明：当反应温度为65℃、醇油物质的量之比为12：1、催化剂质量占反应物总质量的0.9%、反应时间为6 h,油酸的转化率最高,达到了90%。高催化活性可归因于随着氟元素的加入,提高了SO₄^2-的插层作用效果,从而增加了酸性活性位的数量;此外,S=O键具有电子诱导效应,而F-有强负电性,两者之间发生强烈的相互作用后形成了F-S键,使S=O的吸电子效应大幅度增强,从而加剧了F^--SO₄^2-/MWCNTs催化剂的体系电荷不平衡趋势,导致催化剂中的正电荷过剩,使催化剂中的酸性活性位以Lewis酸为主,有效的避免了单纯磺化反应作用所生成的催化剂的酸性活性位以Brönsted酸型为主,而易在富含水的反应介质中发生水合作用而降低,甚至失去催化活性的现象发生。     

一个含呋喃环顺磁性碳硼烷衍生物的合成及其生成机理

半夹芯16e化合物CpCoS₂C₂B₁₀H₁₀（Cp：cyclopentadienyl）（1）与2-呋喃炔酮在物质的量比为1：1.5时反应分离得到1个顺磁性化合物CpCoS₂C₂B₁₀H₉（C₁₂H₁₀O₂）（2）。在化合物2的合成过程中,一分子1中的Cp环与另一分子1中的B（3）/B（6）位连接;同时,该Cp环与1个2-呋喃炔酮分子发生Diels-Alder反应,生成1个双环[2.2.1]-2-庚烯基结构单元。此外,呋喃炔酮分子中的末端炔基碳原子与原料1中的1个硫原子相连,从而使得产物2中的钴中心离子是个17e中心。化合物2用红外、核磁、元素分析,质谱和单晶X-射线衍射分析等方法进行了表征。晶体属三斜晶系,空间群P1,晶胞参数：a=0.96657（11）nm,b=1.54423（15）nm,c=1.75650（18）nm,α=114.0800（10）°,β=105.433（2）°,γ=98.6390（10）°。     

苯并三氮唑-1-氧基乙酸、4，4’-联吡啶构筑的一维链状铜配合物的水热合成及晶体结构

水热条件下,合成了1个铜(Ⅱ)配位聚合物[Cu（L）（4,4’-bpy）（HCOO）（H₂O）]_n（HL=苯并三氮唑-1-氧基乙酸,4,4’-bpy=4,4’-联吡啶）,并通过元素分析、红外光谱,热重分析,X-射线粉末衍射和X-射线单晶衍射对其进行了表征。晶体结构表明,配合物属三斜晶系,空间群P1,晶胞参数：a=0.82026（16）nm,b=1.1283（2）nm,c=1.1597（2）nm,α=76.50（3）°,β=70.88（3）°,γ=76.97（3）°,V=0.9730（3）nm³,Z=2。铜(Ⅱ)分别与来自2个4,4’-bipy的2个氮原子、1个苯并三氮唑-1-氧基乙酸的1个氧原子、1个甲酸根中1个氧原子和1个水分子中的1个氧原子配位,形成变形的四方锥的配位构型。由于4,4’-bipy的桥联作用,配合物在空间形成了一维链状结构,该一维链又通过分子间O-H…N和分子内O-H…O氢键作用形成了二维层状结构。     

The Special Issue Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Wei-Shan Zhou(周维善)

This special issue is dedicated to the memory of thelate Professor Wei-Shan Zhou at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences.     

A Highly Selective Colorimetric Sensor for Cu2+ Based on Phenolic Group Biscarbonyl Hydrazone

A novel copper selective sensor 2 based on hydrazide and salicylaldehyde has been designed and prepared. Sensor 2 behaves a single selectivity and sensitivity in the recognition for Cu²⁺ over other metal ions such as Fe³⁺, Hg²⁺, Ag⁺, Ca²⁺, Zn²⁺, Pb²⁺, Cd²⁺, Ni²⁺, Co²⁺, Cr³⁺ and Mg²⁺ in DMSO. The distinct color change and the rapid changement of fluorescence emission provide naked‐eyes detection for Cu²⁺. The UV‐vis data indicate that 1:2 stoichiometry complex is formed by sensor 2 and Cu²⁺. The association constant K_s was 3.51×10⁴ mol^?1·L. The detection limitation of Cu²⁺ with the sensor 2 was 2.2×10^?7 mol·L^?1. The sensing of Cu²⁺ by this sensor was found to be reversible, with the Cu²⁺‐induced color being lost upon addition of EDTA.