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Journal of the American Chemical Society | 2009

Supramolecular donor-acceptor heterojunctions by vectorial stepwise assembly of porphyrins and coordination-bonded fullerene arrays for photocurrent generation.

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

Co-grafting of porphyrins and fullerenes on ZnO nanorods: Towards supramolecular donor-acceptor assembly

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

Effects of π-Elongation and the Fused Position of Quinoxaline-Fused Porphyrins as Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells on Optical, Electrochemical, and Photovoltaic Properties

Aiko Kira; Yusuke Matsubara; Hiroaki Iijima; Tomokazu Umeyama; Yoshihiro Matano; Seigo Ito; Marja Niemi; Helge Lemmetyinen; Hiroshi Imahori


Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2007

Hydrogen-Bonding Effects on Film Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Porphyrin and Fullerene Composites on Nanostructured TiO2 Electrodes

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

Hydrogen bonding effects on the surface structure and photoelectrochemical properties of nanostructured SnO2 electrodes modified with porphyrin and fullerene composites.

Hiroshi Imahori; Jia-Cheng Liu; Hiroki Hotta; Aiko Kira; Tomokazu Umeyama; Yoshihiro Matano; Guifeng Li; Shen Ye; Marja Isosomppi; Helge Lemmetyinen


Langmuir | 2007

Gold Nanoparticle Enhanced Charge Transfer in Thin Film Assemblies of Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads

Anne Kotiaho; Riikka Lahtinen; Nikolai V. Tkachenko; Alexander Efimov; Aiko Kira; Hiroshi Imahori; Helge Lemmetyinen


Chemistry Letters | 2010

Oligothiophene Bearing 1-Hydroxy-1-oxodithieno[2,3-b:3 ',2 '-d]phosphole as a Novel Anchoring Group for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Aiko Kira; Yuki Shibano; Soonchul Kang; Hironobu Hayashi; Tomokazu Umeyama; Yoshihiro Matano; Hiroshi Imahori


Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2008

Photoinduced electron transfer in Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers of double-linked phthalocyanine-fullerene dyads

Heli Lehtivuori; Tatu Kumpulainen; Alexander Efimov; Helge Lemmetyinen; Aiko Kira; Hiroshi Imahori


Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2009

Photodynamics of Charge Separation and Recombination in Solid Alternating Films of Phthalocyanine or Phthalocyanine-Fullerene Dyad and Perylene Dicarboximide

Heli Lehtivuori; Tatu Kumpulainen; Matti Hietala; Alexander Efimov; Helge Lemmetyinen; Aiko Kira; Hiroshi Imahori


Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2009

Effects of Electrode Structure on Photoelectrochemical Properties of ZnO Electrodes Modified with Porphyrin−Fullerene Composite Layers with an Intervening Fullerene Monolayer

Hironobu Hayashi; Aiko Kira; Tomokazu Umeyama; Yoshihiro Matano; Patcharee Charoensirithavorn; Takashi Sagawa; Susumu Yoshikawa; Helge Lemmetyinen; Hiroshi Imahori

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Helge Lemmetyinen

Tampere University of Technology

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Hironobu Hayashi

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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Alexander Efimov

Tampere University of Technology

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Heli Lehtivuori

University of Jyväskylä

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