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Photoelectrochemical characterization of Ta/Ta 2 O5/polypyrrole heterojunctions

V. FIGÀ1,* , F. DI QUARTO1

Affiliation

  1. Department of Chemical, Process and Materials Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze- Ed.6, 90128 Palermo, Italy

Abstract

A photodeposition of polypyrrole on anodic tantalum oxide thin films was performed in both organic and aqueous media. Pyrrole was photo-oxidised on insulating tantalum oxide by irradiating the electrode with light of suitable energy. Tantalum/tantalum oxide/ polypyrrole heterojunctions were then characterized by means of photocurrent spectroscopy. The comparison between the photoelectrochemical response of the heterojunctions fabricated in organic and aqueous media, shows that the solvent used for the photodeposition of polypyrrole influences the location of the inversion potential. This result can be attributed to the different structure of polypyrrole films, which strongly depends on the medium used for the electropolymerization..

Keywords

Heterojunction, polypyrrole, photocurrent spectroscopy.

Submitted at: Nov. 2, 2009
Accepted at: Nov. 19, 2009

Citation

V. FIGÀ, F. DI QUARTO, Photoelectrochemical characterization of Ta/Ta 2 O5/polypyrrole heterojunctions, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 11, Iss. 11, pp. 1754-1759 (2009)