The influence of film morphology and illumination conditions on the sensitivity of porphyrins-coated ZnO nanorods |
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Authors: | Gabriele Magna Yuvaraj Sivalingam Eugenio Martinelli Giuseppe Pomarico Francesco Basoli Roberto Paolesse Corrado Di Natale |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy;2. Department of Chemical Science and Technology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | ZnO and porphyrins have complementary properties that make their combination attractive for diverse applications such as photovoltaic and chemical sensing. Among the other features, the organic layer morphology is supposed to influence both the chemical sensitivity and the charge transfer processes. In this paper, we studied the influence of the film morphology on the sensing properties by comparing porphyrins coated ZnO nanorods obtained with two different methods. In the first approach, each porphyrin unit is grafted onto preformed ZnO nanorods by a carboxylic group as linker. The second method is a one-pot procedure, where ZnO nanorods growth occurs in the presence of the water soluble tetrakis-(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin. In both cases the macrocycles share the same Zn-tetraphenylporphyrin core structure, but decorated with different peripheral groups, necessary to comply with the material growth conditions. |
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Keywords: | ZnO nanorods Porphyrins Volatile organic compounds Kelvin probe |
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