Photocatalytic reduction of methylene blue by the heterostructure of Titanium (IV) oxide and symmetric cationic polymethine dye

Autor: M. M. Vorobet’s, O. V. Sema, Igor Kobasa
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Zdroj: Chernivtsi University Scientific Herald. Chemistry. :35-41
ISSN: 2710-2483
2223-1722
DOI: 10.31861/chem-2019-818-05
Popis: The results of the spectral, electrochemical and energy characteristics of symmetric cationic polymethine dye 2 - [(1E) -1,3,5-hexatrienyl -] - 1- (phenylmethyl)-benzindolium boron fluoride (D) indicate the possibility of its use as an effective titanium(IV) sensitizer oxide. Comparison of the absorption spectra of the dye solution and the reflectance spectra of the D/TiO2 heterostructures showed that the deposition of the dye on the TiO2 surface leads to bathochrome and hypochromic shifts of the absorption bands, the value of which depends on the content of this component in the heterostructure (HS). The obtained changes in the spectra of heterostructures indicate the possibility of formation of both J- and H-aggregates. Cyclic voltammetry determines the oxidation and reduction potentials of the investigated polymethine dye and calculates their redox potentials in the excited state. They have been found to be sufficient for sensitization by electron transfer to the TiO2 conduction band. The photocatalytic activity of HS D/TiO2 in the model reaction of methylene blue reduction depending on irradiation conditions and dye concentration has been determined. It is shown that, when irradiated with D/TiO2 heterostructures with light with λ
Databáze: OpenAIRE