TY - JOUR
T1 - Photoinduced electron transfer of nanohybrids of carbon nanohorns with amino groups and tetrabenzoic acid porphyrin in aqueous media
AU - Sandanayaka, Atula S.D.
AU - Ito, Osamu
AU - Tanaka, Takatsugu
AU - Isobe, Hiroyuki
AU - Nakamura, Eiichi
AU - Yudasaka, Masako
AU - Iijima, Sumio
PY - 2009/11/19
Y1 - 2009/11/19
N2 - Amino carbon nanohorns (CNH-NH2) are covalently and non-covalently functionalized with tetrabenzoic acid porphyrin (H 2P(CO2H)4) forming dispersible nanohybrids in aqueous solution; the nanohybrids are characterized by spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Photoinduced electron-transfer processes of the nanohybrids of carbon nanohorns in aqueous solution are revealed with time-resolved absorption and fluorescence measurements. From the observed fluorescence quenching of the H2P(CO2H)4 moieties by CNH-NH2, charge separation via the excited singlet state of the H2P moieties, generating radical cations localized in the H2P moieties and electrons trapped in CNH, is suggested. In the presence of methylviologen dication (MV2+) and a hole-shifting reagent, electron pooling is observed by the light-illumination of the H2P(CO2H) 4 moieties in CNH-NH2 nanohybrids, suggesting that the electron generated by the charge-separation migrates to MV2+ in aqueous solution.
AB - Amino carbon nanohorns (CNH-NH2) are covalently and non-covalently functionalized with tetrabenzoic acid porphyrin (H 2P(CO2H)4) forming dispersible nanohybrids in aqueous solution; the nanohybrids are characterized by spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Photoinduced electron-transfer processes of the nanohybrids of carbon nanohorns in aqueous solution are revealed with time-resolved absorption and fluorescence measurements. From the observed fluorescence quenching of the H2P(CO2H)4 moieties by CNH-NH2, charge separation via the excited singlet state of the H2P moieties, generating radical cations localized in the H2P moieties and electrons trapped in CNH, is suggested. In the presence of methylviologen dication (MV2+) and a hole-shifting reagent, electron pooling is observed by the light-illumination of the H2P(CO2H) 4 moieties in CNH-NH2 nanohybrids, suggesting that the electron generated by the charge-separation migrates to MV2+ in aqueous solution.
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U2 - 10.1039/b9nj00338j
DO - 10.1039/b9nj00338j
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70449476369
SN - 1144-0546
VL - 33
SP - 2261
EP - 2266
JO - New Journal of Chemistry
JF - New Journal of Chemistry
IS - 11
ER -