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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 31, Number 1
BKCSDE 31(1)
January 20, 2010 
 
Title
 Infrared Spectroscopic Study of α-Cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic Acid on Nanocrystalline TiO2 Surfaces: Anchoring of Metal-Free Organic Dyes at Photoanodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Author
 Uuriintuya Dembereldorj, Sang Woo Joo*
Keywords
 Cyanoacrylic acid, Metal-free organic dye, Self-assembly, TiO2, Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy
Abstract
 Adsorption structures of the self-assembled thin films of α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) anchoring on TiO2 surfaces have been studied by using temperature-dependent diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier-transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy. From the presence of the strong ν(COO?) band at ~1390 cm-1 along with the disappearance of the OH bands in the carboxylic acid group in the DRIFT spectra at room temperature, CHCA appeared to adsorb onto TiO2 surfaces as a carboxylate form. The absence of the out-of-plane benzene ring modes of CHCA in the DRIFT spectra suggests a rather vertical orientation of CHCA on TiO2. Above ~220 oC, CHCA seemed to start to thermally degrade on TiO2 surfaces referring from the disappearance of most vibrational modes in the DRIFT spectra, whereas the ν(C ≡ N) bands were found to remain relatively conspicuous as the temperature increased even up to ~460 oC.
Page
 116 - 119
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