Enhanced Stability of Photoelectrodes with Electrogenerated Polyaniline Films

Rommel Noufi, Arthur J. Nozik, John White, Les F. Warren

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Abstract

Polyaniline was eleetrodeposited on platinum and semiconducting (Cd-chalcogenides, Si, GaAs, GaP) electrodes from aqueous solution (pH = 1) containing aniline. The electrochemical behavior of such films was examined in aqueous and nonaqueous solutions by cyclic voltammetry. Results show that the polyaniline film is conducting in both cathodic and anodic regions at pH < 3 as evidenced by the electrochemical redox reactions of various redox couples on polyaniline-coated electrodes. In general, all polyaniline-coated semiconductor electrodes examined in this work exhibited enhanced stability of the photocurrent when compared to that of the naked electrodes.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)2261-2265
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the Electrochemical Society
Volume129
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1982

Bibliographical note

Work performed by Rockwell International/MRDC, Thousand Oaks, California, and Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado

NREL Publication Number

  • ACNR/JA-212-4062

Keywords

  • conducting polymer
  • polyaniline
  • stabilization

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