Abstract
The deposition behavior and photoelectric response characteristics of chlorophylla (Chla) monolayers and multilayers were investigated under various film fabrication conditions. Chla LB films were deposited onto quartz and pretreated ITO glass substrates under several fabrication conditions, including surface pressure and number of layers. The absorption spectra of Chla in a solution state and solid-like state (LB films) were fairly consistent with each other, and two absorption peaks were found at 678 and 438 nm, respectively. The prepared Chla LB films were set into an electrochemistry cell equipped with a Pt plate as the counter electrode, and the photoelectric response characteristics were obtained and analyzed relative to the light illumination. By considering the resulting photocurrents, the optimal fabrication conditions for Chla LB films were determined as 20 mN/m of surface pressure and 20 layers. The action spectrum of the Chla LB films was obtained in the visible region, and was found to be in good agreement with the absorption spectrum. The possible application of the proposed system as a constituent of an artificial color recognition device was suggested based on combining with the photoelectric conversion property of another lightsensitive biological pigment.
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