Optical and electrical properties of organic-inorganic composite system

Anionic phthalocyanine sodium hydrogallium 4,4′,4″,4‴-tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine(GaTsPc) was used to modify the surface of a size-quantized particulate TiO2 photoelectrode fabricated by electrostatic attraction. The photovoltaic features and interfacial electron transfer of the electrodes were studied by a photoelectrochemical method and surface photovoltage spectroscopy. The results indicate that the light absorption of phthalocyanine monomer makes more contribution to the photovoltaic response in the TiO2/GaTsPc composite electrode in spite of obvious aggregation occurring in composite electrode.