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1 January 2011 Self-assembled thienylsilane molecule as interfacial layer for ZnO nanowire/polymer hybrid system
Tingting Xu, Qiliang Chen, Dai-Hong Lin, Hsueh-Yu Wu, Ching-Fuh Lin, Qiquan Qiao
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Funded by: National Science Foundation, NSF CAREER, NASA EPSCoR, ACS Petroleum Research Funds DNI, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, U.S.-Egypt Joint Science & Technology Funds, US-Egypt Joint Science & Technology Funds, MRSEC Program of the National Science Foundation
Journal of Photonics for Energy, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 011107 (January 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3554662
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A thienylsilane molecular layer is self-assembled onto vertically aligned ZnO nanowire templates for promoting in situ electrochemical polymerization of P3HT. The silane functionalization on ZnO surface is investigated using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and water contact angle measurements. The silane-based surface modified layer acts as a favorable nucleation site for electrochemical polymerization. We find that the oxidation potential for electrochemical polymerization is obviously decreased compared to that without a surface modifier. The UV-visible absorption in the ZnO nanowire/P3HT film with thienylsilane molecular layer is much stronger than that without surface modification.
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Tingting Xu, Qiliang Chen, Dai-Hong Lin, Hsueh-Yu Wu, Ching-Fuh Lin, and Qiquan Qiao "Self-assembled thienylsilane molecule as interfacial layer for ZnO nanowire/polymer hybrid system," Journal of Photonics for Energy 1(1), 011107 (1 January 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3554662
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KEYWORDS
Zinc oxide
Nanowires
Polymerization
Polymers
Molecules
Molecular self-assembly
Absorption
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