Light induced charging of polymer functionalized nanorods

Matthias Zorn; Stefan A.L. Weber; Muhammad Nawaz Tahir; Wolfgang Tremel; Hans Juìrgen Butt; Ruìdiger Berger; Rudolf Zentel

doi:10.1021/nl100741n

Light induced charging of polymer functionalized nanorods

Matthias Zorn
, Stefan A.L. Weber
, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir
, Wolfgang Tremel
, Hans Juìrgen Butt
, Ruìdiger Berger
, Rudolf Zentel^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

ZnO nanorods were functionalized with new block copolymers containing a hole transporting moiety in one block and a dye and an anchor system in the second block. After functionalization, the ZnO nanorods are well dispersible in organic media and the fluorescence of the dye is quenched. Kelvin probe force microscopy was used to measure changes in electrical potential between the ZnO nanorod and the polymeric corona. Upon light irradiation, potential changes on the order of some tens of millivolts were observed on individual structures. This effect is attributed to light-induced charge separation between the ZnO nanorod and its hole transporting polymeric corona.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2812-2816
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl100741n
State	Published - 11 Aug 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Kelvin probe force microscopy
Polymer
charging phenomena
nanoparticle solar cell
nanoparticles hybrids

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General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering

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