Synthesis and photoelectric property of poly (3-octylthiophene)/titanium dioxide nano-composite material

  • Zhiyue Han
  • Jingchang Zhang
  • Xiuying Yang
  • Hong Zhu
  • Weiliang Cao
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Abstract

A conducting polymer composite, poly (3-octylthiophene)/titanium dioxide nano-composite was first synthesized through the ultrasonic method. The results from X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy show that there is chemical interaction in the composite, which indicates that TiO2 was successfully coated by poly (3-octylthiophene) molecules. The energy gap of the poly (3-octylthiophene)/titanium dioxide composite is lower to 0.65 eV; and it also shows that the optical performance of the new material is far superior than POT or TiO2 separately, by Ultraviolet–visible spectra and fluorescence spectroscopy.

Keywords

TiO2 Thiophene Nanocomposite Film High Occupied Molecular Orbital Lower Unoccupied Molecular Orbital 
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Acknowledgments

The work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) under Grant no. 2006AA03z412, and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20050010014).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Zhiyue Han
    • 1
  • Jingchang Zhang
    • 1
    • 2
  • Xiuying Yang
    • 2
  • Hong Zhu
    • 1
  • Weiliang Cao
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Institute of Modern CatalysisBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijingChina
  2. 2.Hainan Institute of Science and TechnologyHaikouChina

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