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Socol M, Preda N, Breazu C, Costas A, Rasoga O, Petre G, Popescu-Pelin G, Iftimie S, Stochioiu A, Socol G, Stanculescu A. Macrocyclic Compounds: Metal Oxide Particles Nanocomposite Thin Films Deposited by MAPLE. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:2480. [PMID: 36984360 PMCID: PMC10056935 DOI: 10.3390/ma16062480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Nanocomposite films based on macrocyclic compounds (zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) and 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-pyridyl) 21H,23H-porphyrin (TPyP)) and metal oxide nanoparticles (ZnO or CuO) were deposited by matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE). 1,4-dioxane was used as a solvent in the preparation of MAPLE targets that favor the deposition of films with a low roughness, which is a key feature for their integration in structures for optoelectronic applications. The influence of the addition of ZnO nanoparticles (~20 nm in size) or CuO nanoparticles (~5 nm in size) in the ZnPc:TPyP mixture and the impact of the added metal oxide amount on the properties of the obtained composite films were evaluated in comparison to a reference layer based only on an organic blend. Thus, in the case of nanocomposite films, the vibrational fingerprints of both organic compounds were identified in the infrared spectra, their specific strong absorption bands were observed in the UV-Vis spectra, and a quenching of the TPyP emission band was visible in the photoluminescence spectra. The morphological analysis evidenced agglomerated particles on the composite film surface, but their presence has no significant impact on the roughness of the MAPLE deposited layers. The current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics of the structures based on the nanocomposite films deposited by MAPLE revealed the critical role played by the layer composition and component ratio, an improvement in the electrical parameters values being achieved only for the films with a certain type and optimum amount of metal oxide nanoparticles.
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- Marcela Socol
- National Institute of Materials Physics, 405A Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute of Materials Physics, 405A Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute of Materials Physics, 405A Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute of Materials Physics, 405A Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute of Materials Physics, 405A Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute of Materials Physics, 405A Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
- Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 405 Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, 409 Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 405 Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 405 Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
- National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, 409 Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, 409 Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute of Materials Physics, 405A Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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Ma S, Yi L, Wu Z. Metal oxide (BeO-MgO-ZnO) nanoclusters as drug delivery systems for isoniazid anticancer drug: a DFT study. Mol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1986162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Songhe Ma
- General Surgery Department of Qichun People's Hospital, Qichun, Hubei, China
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- General Surgery Department of Qichun People's Hospital, Qichun, Hubei, China
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- Department of Oncology, Qichun People's Hospital, Qichun, Hubei, China
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Javaid S, Lee G. The impact of molecular orientation on carrier transfer characteristics at a phthalocyanine and halide perovskite interface. RSC Adv 2021; 11:31776-31782. [PMID: 35496877 PMCID: PMC9041736 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra05909b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
We have studied the interface properties of metal phthalocyanine (MPc, M = Zn, Cu) molecules at a methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) surface using density functional theory (DFT) based simulations. From the adsorption energies, the face-on orientation is found to have an order of magnitude stronger binding energy than the edge-on orientation, where CuPc binds a little stronger than ZnPc with its closer interfacial distance. Our detailed analysis of interface electronic structure suggests that the edge-on configuration possesses a large energy barrier for the hole transfer from MAPbI3 to MPc molecules. In contrast, the face-on configuration has no such barrier, facilitating the hole transfer, while at the same time the desirable alignment of the conduction band suppresses the electron-hole recombination. Therefore, the face-on configuration is clearly found to be more suitable for the photovoltaic process, in line with the experimental reports. Our work emphasizes the impact of MPc orientation upon perovskite solar cell efficiency besides other factors such as Pc thin film's mobility and morphology, and provides insightful guidance to efficient and stable hole transport layers.
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- Saqib Javaid
- Center for Superfunctional Materials, Center for Wave Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) Ulsan 44919 Korea
- MMSG, Theoretical Physics Division, PINSTECH P.O. Nilore Islamabad Pakistan
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- Center for Superfunctional Materials, Center for Wave Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) Ulsan 44919 Korea
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Oka H, Katoh K, Okada Y, Oka D, Hitosugi T, Yamashita M, Fukumura T. Single Molecular Adsorption of Terbium(III) Bis-phthalocyaninato (TbPc 2) Governed by Two Surface Reconstructions of Perovskite Type SrVO 3 Epitaxial Ultrathin Film. CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.210270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Hirofumi Oka
- Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
- Core Research Cluster for Materials Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Josai University, Saitama 350-0295, Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
- Core Research Cluster for Materials Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
- Core Research Cluster for Materials Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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Chikate PR, Sharma A, Rondiya SR, Cross RW, Dzade NY, Shirage PM, Devan RS. Hierarchically interconnected ZnO nanowires for low-temperature-operated reducing gas sensors: experimental and DFT studies. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05231k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The larger surface area and increased point contacts of hierarchically arranged ZnO nanowires (upper panel) offered more potential barriers for the gas molecule exhibiting binding strength CO < C2H5OH < NH3 (lower panel) and provided excellent gas-sensing performance at 100 °C for NH3 gas.
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- Parameshwar R. Chikate
- Department of Metallurgy Engineering & Materials Science
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Simrol
- India
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- Department of Metallurgy Engineering & Materials Science
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Simrol
- India
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- Department of Metallurgy Engineering & Materials Science
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Simrol
- India
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- Department of Metallurgy Engineering & Materials Science
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Simrol
- India
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Ji X, Jameh-Bozorghi S. Metal oxide nanoclusters as drug delivery systems for an anticancer drug: a theoretical study. Mol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2020.1738581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Xue Ji
- Department of Health Nursing, Yunnan Open University, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran
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Chen X, Sun Z, Zhang H, Onsori S. Effect of metal atoms on the electronic properties of metal oxide nanoclusters for use in drug delivery applications: a density functional theory study. Mol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1692150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Xiaoying Chen
- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Emergency Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, The Central Hospital of Yingkou, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Hanuza J, Godlewska P, Kadłubański P, Ptak M, Mączka M, Gerasymchuk Y, Legendziewicz J. Molecular structure and vibrational properties of pyramidal MPc+ phthalocyanine cation in InPcI and LuPc(OAc) complexes. J Mol Struct 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Javaid S, Akhtar MJ. Adsorption and electronic properties of Fullerene/Zn-Phthalocyanine (C60/ZnPc) interface with face-on orientation: A van der Waals corrected Density Functional Theory investigation. Chem Phys Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ramadan AJ, Rochford LA, Ryan MP, Jones TS, Heutz S. The influence of polar (0001) zinc oxide (ZnO) on the structure and morphology of vanadyl phthalocyanine (VOPc). RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra10131j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Metal oxide thin films are increasingly utilized in small molecular organic photovoltaic devices to facilitate electron transport and injection.
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- Department of Materials
- Imperial College London
- London
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warwick
- Coventry
- UK
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Yang LN, Sun ZZ, Chen SL, Li ZS. Iodinated AlIII-Based Phthalocyanines are Promising Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; A Theoretical Comparison Between ZnII, MgII, and AlIII-Based Phthalocyanine Sensitizers. Chemphyschem 2014; 15:458-66. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201300969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 12/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Sousa C, Tosoni S, Illas F. Theoretical Approaches to Excited-State-Related Phenomena in Oxide Surfaces. Chem Rev 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/cr300228z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Carmen Sousa
- Departament de Química
Física and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional
(IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí
i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química
Física and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional
(IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí
i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Departamento de Química, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario
de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Departament de Química
Física and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional
(IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí
i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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