Aiko Kira
Kyoto University
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Journal of the American Chemical Society | 2009
Aiko Kira; Tomokazu Umeyama; Yoshihiro Matano; Kaname Yoshida; Seiji Isoda; Jong Kang Park; Dongho Kim; Hiroshi Imahori
A novel strategy for constructing a vertical arrangement of bicontinuous donor-acceptor arrays on a semiconducting electrode has been developed. The relationship between the film structure and the photoelectrochemical properties has been elucidated as a function of the number of donor layers for the first time. The maximum incident photon-to-current efficiency value (21%) is comparable to the highest value (20%) reported for vertical arrangements of bicontinuous donor-acceptor arrays on electrodes.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 2012
Syed Mujtaba Shah; Aiko Kira; Hiroshi Imahori; Daniel Ferry; Hugues Brisset; Frédéric Fages; Jörg Ackermann
This work presents the synthesis and physico-chemical characterization of a novel artificial photosynthetic design, using anisotropic semiconducting nanorods as scaffolds to assemble organic donor-acceptor complexes on their surface. These hierarchical hybrid D-A assemblies were obtained by the co-grafting of porphyrins and fullerenes on the ZnO nanorods. Polarity of the solvent and porphyrin to fullerene ratios were investigated to be markedly influencing the donor-acceptor interaction under the co-grafted conditions on ZnO nanorods. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, electronic absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic techniques were used to characterize the formation and investigate the optoelectronic properties of porphyrin-fullerene complexes on the surface of ZnO. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of highly interacting porphyrin-fullerene complexes on ZnO nanorods, which may allow generating efficient nanosystems for artificial photosynthesis and harvesting of solar energy.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2010
Aiko Kira; Yusuke Matsubara; Hiroaki Iijima; Tomokazu Umeyama; Yoshihiro Matano; Seigo Ito; Marja Niemi; Helge Lemmetyinen; Hiroshi Imahori
Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2007
Aiko Kira; Masanobu Tanaka; Tomokazu Umeyama; Yoshihiro Matano; Naoki Yoshimoto; Yi Zhang; Shen Ye; Heli Lehtivuori; Nikolai V. Tkachenko; Helge Lemmetyinen; Hiroshi Imahori
Journal of Physical Chemistry B | 2005
Hiroshi Imahori; Jia-Cheng Liu; Hiroki Hotta; Aiko Kira; Tomokazu Umeyama; Yoshihiro Matano; Guifeng Li; Shen Ye; Marja Isosomppi; Helge Lemmetyinen
Langmuir | 2007
Anne Kotiaho; Riikka Lahtinen; Nikolai V. Tkachenko; Alexander Efimov; Aiko Kira; Hiroshi Imahori; Helge Lemmetyinen
Chemistry Letters | 2010
Aiko Kira; Yuki Shibano; Soonchul Kang; Hironobu Hayashi; Tomokazu Umeyama; Yoshihiro Matano; Hiroshi Imahori
Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2008
Heli Lehtivuori; Tatu Kumpulainen; Alexander Efimov; Helge Lemmetyinen; Aiko Kira; Hiroshi Imahori
Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2009
Heli Lehtivuori; Tatu Kumpulainen; Matti Hietala; Alexander Efimov; Helge Lemmetyinen; Aiko Kira; Hiroshi Imahori
Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2009
Hironobu Hayashi; Aiko Kira; Tomokazu Umeyama; Yoshihiro Matano; Patcharee Charoensirithavorn; Takashi Sagawa; Susumu Yoshikawa; Helge Lemmetyinen; Hiroshi Imahori