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In this paper, 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminium (Alq(3)) was used in interface modification of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). Alq(3) was the first discovered interface modification material with combined effects of retarding charge recombination and F?rster resonant energy transfer (FRET). Results of dark current curve and AC impedance showed that Alq(3) could retard charge recombination in DSCs. I-V curves showed that conversion efficiency increased with Alq(3) modification. Besides the interface modification effect, it was discovered that Alq(3) also acted as energy relay dye with the FRET effect between itself and N3, which increased photoresponse and electron injection. The application of Alq(3) with combined effects opened a new door to explore more novel multi-functional interface modification materials to improve the performance of DSCs.  相似文献   

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陈红征 《高分子科学》2013,31(6):879-884
Improved hybrid solar cells consisting of vertical aligned cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanorod arrays and interpenetrating polythiophene (P3HT) have been achieved via modification of CdS nanorod surface by using conjugated N719 dye. The complete infiltration of P3HT between CdS nanorods interspacing was verified by scanning electron microscopy. By employing absorption and photoluminescence spectra, and current-voltage characterization the interaction between N719 molecules and CdS nanorods/P3HT interface was explored, and the role of N719 dye on the improvement of device performance was discussed.  相似文献   

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A zinc phthalocyanine with tyrosine substituents (ZnPcTyr), modified for efficient far-red/near-IR performance in dye-sensitized nanostructured TiO(2) solar cells, and its reference, glycine-substituted zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPcGly), were synthesized and characterized. The compounds were studied spectroscopically, electrochemically, and photoelectrochemically. Incorporating tyrosine groups into phthalocyanine makes the dye ethanol-soluble and reduces surface aggregation as a result of steric effects. The performance of a solar cell based on ZnPcTyr is much better than that based on ZnPcGly. Addition of 3alpha,7alpha-dihydroxy-5beta-cholic acid (cheno) and 4-tert-butylpyridine (TBP) to the dye solution when preparing a dye-sensitized TiO(2) electrode diminishes significantly the surface aggregation and, therefore, improves the performance of solar cells based on these phthalocyanines. The highest monochromatic incident photo-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) of approximately 24% at 690 nm and an overall conversion efficiency (eta) of 0.54% were achieved for a cell based on a ZnPcTyr-sensitized TiO(2) electrode. Addition of TBP in the electrolyte decreases the IPCE and eta considerably, although it increases the open-circuit photovoltage. Time-resolved transient absorption measurements of interfacial electron-transfer kinetics in a ZnPcTyr-sensitized nanostructured TiO(2) thin film show that electron injection from the excited state of the dye into the conduction band of TiO(2) is completed in approximately 500 fs and that more than half of the injected electrons recombines with the oxidized dye molecules in approximately 300 ps. In addition to surface aggregation, the very fast electron recombination is most likely responsible for the low performance of the solar cell based on ZnPcTyr.  相似文献   

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A step-by-step theoretical protocol based on density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT at both the molecular and periodic levels is proposed for the design of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) devices including dyes and electrolyte additives. This computational tool is tested with a fused polycyclic pyridinium derivative as a novel dye prototype. First, the UV-vis spectrum of this dye alone is computed, and then the electronic structure of the system with the dye adsorbed on an oxide semiconductor surface is evaluated. The influence of the electrolyte part of the DSSC is investigated by explicitly taking into account the electrolyte molecules co-adsorbed with the dye on the surface. We find that tert-butylpyridine (TBP) reduces the electron injection by a factor of 2, while lithium ion increases this injection by a factor of 2.4. Our stepwise protocol is successfully validated by experimental measurements, which establish that TBP divides the electronic injection by 1.6 whereas Li(+) multiplies this injection by 1.8. This procedure should be useful for molecular engineering in the field of DSSCs, not only as a complement to experimental approaches but also for improving them in terms of time and resource consumption.  相似文献   

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Interface modification on the TiO2/dye/electrolyte interface of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) is one of the most effective approaches to suppress the charge recombination, improve electron injection and transportation, and thus ameliorate the conversion efficiency and stability of DSCs. Conventional research focusing on the photoanodes interface modification before sensitization in dye-sensitized solar cells has been carried out and reviewed. However, recent studies showed that post-modification after sensitization of the TiO2 electrode also plays a significant role on the TiO2/dye/electrolyte interface. This post-modification using the immersing method could deprotonate dye molecules, prohibit the dye aggregation and retard the recombination reaction. As a result, it has great influence on the devices’ photovoltaic performance. This interface modification could also provide an approach to broaden the response of the solar spectrum by introducing an alternative assembling structure. An in-situ meaning of using a co-adsorbent is employed to modify the interface in the DSCs, which could retard the aggregation of the dye molecules and enhance the conversion efficiency. In addition, electrolyte additives can be used to modify the TiO2/dye/electrolyte interface through some unique mechanisms. Based on the background of interface modification of photoanodes before sensitization, this review introduces various interface modifications after sensitization of dye-sensitized solar cells and their mechanisms.  相似文献   

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The effects of deoxycholic acid (DCA) and 4-tert-butylpyridine (TBP) as additives on the photovoltaic performance of coumarin-dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells were investigated. DCA coadsorption improved both the photocurrent and photovoltage of the solar cells, even though it decreased the amount of dye adsorbed on the TiO2 electrode. The improved photocurrent may arise from suppression of the deactivation of the excited state via quenching processes between dye molecules or a more negative LUMO level of the dye in the presence of DCA, resulting in a high electron-injection yield from the dye into TiO2. The increased photovoltage is probably due to suppression of recombination between the injected electrons and I3- ions on the TiO2 surface (dark current). The addition of TBP to the electrolyte also markedly improved the photovoltage and fill factor of the solar cell, and consequently, the total conversion efficiency increased from 3.6% to 7.5%. FT-IR spectroscopy indicated that a large amount of TBP was adsorbed on the dye-coated TiO2 films in the presence of Li cations. This result suggests that TBP, like DCA, suppressed the dark current on the TiO2 surface, which resulted in the improved photovoltage.  相似文献   

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The efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) can be enhanced with achieving better planarity of metal‐free organic dye molecules and thinning of their aggregation on the semiconductor surface. We report that the subtle noncovalent NS interaction between the substituted phosphazene group and thiophene spacer unit in dye molecule which induces the desired planarity and avoid aggregation of such molecules on the TiO2 surface using DFT calculations. DFT results show that phosphazene group increases the maximum absorption wavelength (λmax), driving force for electrons injection (ΔGinjection), singlet excited state lifetime (τ), dipole moments (μnormal), and number of electrons transferred from dye to TiO2 surface (Δq), which are known to augment the efficiency of DSSCs. Further, the lower ΔGregeneration value of phosphazene containing dyes (e.g., –.37 eV, dye 2 ) than the reported dyes (e.g., –.81 eV, dye 1 ) indicate the faster electron injection rate from the former dye to the semiconductor TiO2. The role of phosphazene group to prevent the aggregation of dye molecules on the TiO2 anatase surface was also examined with GGA‐PBE/DNP level of theory. The calculated results suggest that the dye molecules on 1 ‐(TiO2)38 and 2 ‐(TiO2)38 anatase clusters avoids the aggregation due to the steric congestion induced by phosphazene group. This work reports to accomplish dual properties with subtle noncovalent interactions in dye molecules to augment the efficiency in DSSCs.  相似文献   

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使用密度泛函理论B3LYP方法和二阶微扰理论MP2方法对由1-甲基尿嘧啶与N-甲基乙酰胺所形成的氢键复合物中的氢键强度进行了理论研究, 探讨了不同取代基取代氢键受体分子1-甲基尿嘧啶中的氢原子对氢键强度的影响和氢键的协同性. 研究表明: 供电子取代基使N-H…O=C氢键键长r(H…O)缩短, 氢键强度增强; 吸电子取代基使N-H…O=C氢键键长r(H…O)伸长, 氢键强度减弱. 自然键轨道(NBO)分析表明: 供电子基团使参与形成氢键的氢原子的正电荷增加, 使氧原子的负电荷增加, 使质子供体和受体分子间的电荷转移量增多; 吸电子基团则相反. 供电子基团使N-H…O=C氢键中氧原子的孤对电子轨道n(O)对N-H的反键轨道σ*(N-H)的二阶相互作用稳定化能增强, 吸电子基团使这种二阶相互作用稳定化能减弱. 取代基对与其相近的N-H…O=C氢键影响更大.  相似文献   

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Time resolved absorption spectroscopy has been used to study photoinduced electron injection and charge recombination in Zn-porphyrin sensitized nanostructured TiO(2) electrodes. The electron transfer dynamics is correlated to the performance of dye sensitized solar cells based on the same electrodes. We find that the dye/semiconductor binding can be described with a heterogeneous geometry where the Zn-porphyrin molecules are attached to the TiO(2) surface with a distribution of tilt angles. The binding angle determines the porphyrin-semiconductor electron transfer distance and charge transfer occurs through space, rather than through the bridge connecting the porphyrin to the surface. For short sensitization times (1 h), there is a direct correlation between solar cell efficiency and amplitude of the kinetic component due to long-lived conduction band electrons, once variations in light harvesting (surface coverage) have been taken into account. Long sensitization time (12 h) results in decreased solar cell efficiency because of decreased efficiency of electron injection.  相似文献   

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Two D ‐π‐A conjugated molecules, BzTCA and BzTMCA , were developed through facile synthetic approaches for dye‐sensitized solar cells. The investigation of the photophysical properties of BzTCA and BzTMCA both in dilute solutions and in thin films indicates that their absorption exhibits a wide coverage of the solar spectrum. The absorption features for BzTCA and BzTMCA commence at about 710 nm in solution, and at about 800 nm in the solid state. The absorption maxima (λmax) for both BzTCA and BzTMCA on TiO2 film are almost the same as those in dilute solution. Their HOMOs and LUMOs were found to partly overlap at the center of these dyes, which guarantees appreciable interactions between the donors and acceptors. The investigation of the performance of dye‐sensitized solar cells fabricated from BzTCA and BzTMCA indicated that the power‐conversion efficiencies are 6.04 % and 4.68 %, respectively, which could be comparable with the normal sensitizer N3. BzTMCA showed lower incident photon‐to‐electron conversion efficiency (IPCE) and Jsc values relative to BzTCA , which is probably because of the weaker driving force of dye regeneration and electron injection process of BzTMCA . The IPCE responsive area reached nearly 800 nm, which provides great potential for further improvement of the photocurrent density and power‐conversion efficiency. Our investigations demonstrate that both dyes BzTCA and BzTMCA could be promising candidates for dye‐sensitized solar cells.  相似文献   

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The interaction of the dye molecule, N3 (cis-bis(isothiocyanato)bis(2,2(')-bipyridyl-4,4(')-dicarboxylato)-ruthenium(II)), and related ligand molecules with a Au(111) surface has been studied using synchrotron radiation-based electron spectroscopy. Resonant photoemission spectroscopy (RPES) and autoionization of the adsorbed molecules have been used to probe the coupling between the molecules and the substrate. Evidence of charge transfer from the states near the Fermi level of the gold substrate into the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the molecules is found in the monolayer RPES spectra of both isonicotinic acid and bi-isonicotinic acid (a ligand of N3), but not for the N3 molecule itself. Calibrated x-ray absorption spectroscopy and valence band spectra of the monolayers reveals that the LUMO crosses the Fermi level of the surface in all cases, showing that charge transfer is energetically possible both from and to the molecule. A core-hole clock analysis of the resonant photoemission reveals a charge transfer time of around 4 fs from the LUMO of the N3 dye molecule to the surface. The lack of charge transfer in the opposite direction is understood in terms of the lack of spatial overlap between the π?-orbitals in the aromatic rings of the bi-isonicotinic acid ligands of N3 and the gold surface.  相似文献   

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选择带负电荷且溶解度和分子结构对pH值非常敏感的聚丙烯酸作为封堵分子, 采用静电吸附的修饰方法, 制备了pH响应的MCM-41型介孔二氧化硅纳米颗粒. 利用高倍透射电子显微镜(TEM)、 X射线衍射(XRD)、 傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)及比表面积分析等手段表征了介孔二氧化硅纳米颗粒的物理化学性质. 以联钌吡啶染料分子作为模式客体分子, 研究了pH调控下的模式客体分子在介孔二氧化硅纳米颗粒中的包裹及释放行为. 结果表明, 该介孔二氧化硅纳米颗粒对pH具有很好的响应性; 在近中性条件下, 带正电的二氧化硅纳米颗粒通过静电吸附作用吸附带负电的聚丙烯酸, 导致介孔封堵, 使包载的染料分子几乎无释放; 客体分子的释放率随着pH值的降低而升高, 当pH≤5时, 染料分子显著释放, pH=1时客体分子的释放率高达98%, 可以实现对包载客体分子的控制释放. 该pH响应的介孔二氧化硅纳米颗粒载体具有制备简便、 价格低廉和包载量大等优点, 有望应用于药物的控制释放.  相似文献   

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Understanding the electron transfer dynamics at the interface between dye sensitizer and semiconductor nanoparticle is very important for both a fundamental study and development of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), which are a potential candidate for next generation solar cells. In this study, we have characterized the ultrafast photoexcited electron dynamics in a newly produced linearly-linked two dye co-sensitized solar cell using both a transient absorption (TA) and an improved transient grating (TG) technique, in which tin(IV) 2,11,20,29-tetra-tert-butyl-2,3-naphthalocyanine (NcSn) and cis-diisothiocyanato-bis(2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-dicarboxylato)ruthenium(II) bis(tetrabutylammonium) (N719) are molecularly and linearly linked and are bonded to the surface of a nanocrystalline tin dioxide (SnO(2)) electrode by a metal-O-metal linkage (i.e. SnO(2)-NcSn-N719). By comparing the TA and TG kinetics of NcSn, N719, and hybrid NcSn-N719 molecules adsorbed onto both of the SnO(2) and zirconium dioxide (ZrO(2)) nanocrystalline films, the forward and backward electron transfer dynamics in SnO(2)-NcSn-N719 were clarified. We found that there are two pathways for electron injection from the linearly-linked two dye molecules (NcSn-N719) to SnO(2). The first is a stepwise electron injection, in which photoexcited electrons first transfer from N719 to NcSn with a transfer time of 0.95 ps and then transfer from NcSn to the conduction band (CB) of SnO(2) with two timescales of 1.6 ps and 4.2 ps. The second is direct photoexcited electron transfer from N719 to the CB of SnO(2) with a timescale of 20-30 ps. On the other hand, back electron transfer from SnO(2) to NcSn is on a timescale of about 2 ns, which is about three orders of magnitude slower compared to the forward electron transfer from NcSn to SnO(2). The back electron transfer from NcSn to N719 is on a timescale of about 40 ps, which is about one order slower compared to the forward electron transfer from N719 to NcSn. These results demonstrate that photoexcited electrons can be effectively injected into SnO(2) from both of the N719 and NcSn dyes.  相似文献   

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In the present work, femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (fs‐TAS) has been employed to investigate the electron injection efficiency (EIE) both from the singlet and triplet excited states of a well‐known ruthenium dye (N719) to the conduction band (CB) of nanostructured TiO2 in presence of three different organic solvents [γ‐butylactone (GBL), 3‐methoxypropionitrile (MPN), and dimethylformamide (DMF)] with different donor numbers (DNs) and dipole moments (DMs). The DM and DN of a solvent modulates the CB edge energy of TiO2, and this effect reflects well in the fs‐TAS results, which shows an EIE trend following the order GBL≥MPN?DMF, that is, highest in GBL and lowest in DMF solvent environments. Fs‐TAS results indicate a lower contribution of electron injection from both the singlet and triplet states in DMF, for which the dominant adsorption of DMF molecules on the TiO2 surface seems to play an important role in the mechanism.  相似文献   

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The ability of the Si–H group as hydrogen bond (HB) donor has been studied theoretically. Most of the selected molecules include the Si–H group in a polar environment that could produce an electron deficiency on the hydrogen atom. In addition, analogous derivatives where the silicon atom has been replaced by a carbon atom have been considered. In all cases, ammonia has been used as HB acceptor. The calculations have been carried out at the MP2/6‐311++G** computational level. The electron density of the complexes has been characterized within the atoms in molecules (AIM) framework. A search in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) has been carried out to verify the existence of this kind of interactions in solid phase. The results of the theoretical study on these HB complexes between ammonia and the silicon derivatives provides long HB distances (2.4 to 3.2 Å) and small interaction energies (?2.4 to ?0.2 kcal/mol). In all cases, the HBs of the corresponding carbon analogs show shorter interaction distances corresponding to stronger complexes. The CSD search provides a small number of short interactions between Si and other heavy atoms in agreement with the small stabilizing energy of the Si–H?N HB and the lack of SiH bond in polar environment within the database. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2001  相似文献   

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Metal organic contacts are at the basis of devices such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Here, we report a theoretical investigation of the chemical interaction between a Mg atom and an organic film made of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum (Alq3) molecules. The latter is modeled either by an isolated molecule or by a bulk crystal. Using first-principles molecular dynamics for structural optimization, we find that an isolated Alq3 molecule and a Mg atom form an ion-pair. However, when the metal atom interacts with molecules in a bulk crystalline environment, we find that an organometallic complex is energetically preferred over the ion-pair. The complex formation is an effect of the environment which makes possible the interaction of the metal atom with several adjacent molecules. Here, our calculated O(1s) and N(1s) core level shifts agree well with recent experimental data on Alq3 films exposed to Mg. Our results resolve the apparent contradiction between experiment and predictions made in previous calculations in which a single Alq3 molecule was used to model a thin film.  相似文献   

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Several dyes containing benzylideneimidazopyridine moiety (BIPDs) were synthesized and evaluated as photoinitiators for free‐radical polymerization induced with the visible emission of an argon‐ion laser. One method of dye structure change was applied in our study. The modification was based on the character of the substituent introduced into both the imidazopyridine skeleton and phenyl ring. Several different groups were tested including heavy atoms (? CI, ? Br) as well as electron‐accepting (? NO2), and electron‐donating groups [? N(CH3)2, ? OCH3]. Analysis of the dye properties demonstrated that there is a significant heavy atom effect on the photoinitiation ability of the novel dyes in both cases, for example, when a heavy atom is introduced into the phenyl ring as well as into the imidazopyridine part of the molecule. The introduction of an electron‐acceptor or electron‐donor group into the phenyl part of the dye caused a dramatic decrease in its photosensitivity. The type of applied counterion had no effect on the overall sensitivity of a dye. BIPDs are not particularly good photoinitiators. Further modification of the dye structure involved the elimination of the motion of a C?C bond by the coplanarization of the styrylium residue with other parts of the dye. This approach decreased the degree of branching of the dye, which stabilized the molecule in its excited state. The formed dye, quinoline[2,3‐b]‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐imidazo[1,2‐a]pyridinium bromide (QDIPB), exhibited dramatically enhanced sensitivity. QDIPB possessed broad structured spectra with a long‐wavelength part shifted to the blue as compared to other BIPD dyes. The change of the absorption spectra and its high photoinitiation ability makes QDIPB a good candidate for the photoinitiating system applied in dental restorative materials. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 3048–3055, 2003  相似文献   

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The interface modification effect within quasi-solid dye-sensitized solar cells and the photovoltaic performance were investigated after the introduction of Mg(OOCCH(3))(2) as an additive into a polymer gel electrolyte. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy showed that the addition of Mg(OOCCH(3))(2) into the polymer gel electrolyte can efficiently retard charge recombination at the TiO(2)/electrolyte interface. Mg(OOCCH(3))(2) in the electrolyte can also contribute to the enhancement of the incident photon-to-electron conversion efficiency by modifying the dye molecules. This results in an improvement in the photovoltage and photocurrent due to a barrier layer at the TiO(2)/electrolyte interface and the promotion of charge injection at the dye/TiO(2) interface, respectively. Photovoltaic measurements reveal that a conversion efficiency enhancement from 4.05% to 4.96% under 100 mW cm(-2) is obtained after the amount of Mg(OOCCH(3))(2) added was optimized.  相似文献   

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The dynamics of ultrafast electron injection from a coumarin derivative (NKX-2311), which is an efficient photosensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells, into the conduction band of TiO(2) nanocrystalline films have been investigated by means of femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy in a wide wavelength range from 600 nm to 10 mum. In the absence of Li(+) ions, electron injection into the TiO(2) conduction band occurred in about 300 fs. In the presence of Li(+) ions, however, electron injection occurred within approximately 100 fs, and the oxidized dye generated was found to interact with nearby Li(+) ions. Possible positions of Li(+) ion attachment to the dye molecule were examined by means of semiempirical molecular orbital calculations. The electron injection efficiency was found to increase by a factor of 1.37 in the presence of Li(+) ions. The effects of Li(+) ions on the energy of the TiO(2) conduction band and the electronic interaction between the dye molecule and Li(+) ions are discussed, and the major cause for the acceleration of electron injection was suggested to be a conduction-band shift of TiO(2).  相似文献   

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我们在合成海胆状Nb2O5纳米球光催化剂的基础上,向体系中直接引入Fe3+离子,制备了Fe物种修饰的Nb2O5纳米球。对产物进行了X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、N2吸附-脱附测试、紫外可见吸收谱(UV-Vis)和光致发光谱(PL)表征。结果表明,引入Fe3+后,Nb2O5纳米球的微观形貌和晶型结构没有发生显著变化,但其比表面积有所增加,原位复合的Fe物种以低结晶度的Fe2O3和Fe(Ⅱ)NbxOy物种分布在Nb2O5纳米球表面。相比于单一海胆状Nb2O5,Fe物种修饰的Nb2O5催化剂表现出了良好的光催化活性,能高效且选择性地降解类吩噻嗪染料亚甲基蓝(MB)和甲苯胺蓝(TB),原因为:(1) Fe物种可以对类吩噻嗪染料分子中的N和S形成配位吸附;(2) Fe物种与Nb2O5导带匹配,可以有效分离其光生电子,提高空穴的氧化能力;(3) Fenton反应在快速消耗光生电子的同时产生大量·OH用于染料的氧化。  相似文献   

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