Singlet Oxygen Generation on Porous Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Effect of Gas Flow and Sensitizer Wetting on Trapping Efficiency

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• 作者：Yuanyuan Zhao ; Yang Liu ; Qianfeng Xu ; Mark Barahman ; Dorota Bartusik ; Alexander Greer ; Alan M. Lyons
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry A
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：November 13, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：118
• 期：45
• 页码：10364-10371
• 全文大小：399K
• ISSN：1520-5215

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We describe physical-organic studies of singlet oxygen generation and transport into an aqueous solution supported on superhydrophobic surfaces on which silicon鈥損hthalocyanine (Pc) particles are immobilized. Singlet oxygen (¹O₂) was trapped by a water-soluble anthracene compound and monitored in situ using a UV鈥搗is spectrometer. When oxygen flows through the porous superhydrophobic surface, singlet oxygen generated in the plastron (i.e., the gas layer beneath the liquid) is transported into the solution within gas bubbles, thereby increasing the liquid鈥揼as surface area over which singlet oxygen can be trapped. Higher photooxidation rates were achieved in flowing oxygen, as compared to when the gas in the plastron was static. Superhydrophobic surfaces were also synthesized so that the Pc particles were located in contact with, or isolated from, the aqueous solution to evaluate the relative effectiveness of singlet oxygen generated in solution and the gas phase, respectively; singlet oxygen generated on particles wetted by the solution was trapped more efficiently than singlet oxygen generated in the plastron, even in the presence of flowing oxygen gas. A mechanism is proposed that explains how Pc particle wetting, plastron gas composition and flow rate as well as gas saturation of the aqueous solution affect singlet oxygen trapping efficiency. These stable superhydrophobic surfaces, which can physically isolate the photosensitizer particles from the solution may be of practical importance for delivering singlet oxygen for water purification and medical devices.