Abstract
The steady state and time resolved spectroscopic studies reveal that two xanthene dyes Rhodamine 6G (R6G) and Rhodamine B (RB), used in the present investigations, form ground state hydrogen -bonded complexes with meso-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (TCPP). However, it is apparent that upon photoexcitation the H-bonding complexes formed in the ground state decompose into the individual reacting components. This presumption was confirmed from the observation of the presence of only static quenching mode in the steady state fluorescence of the dyes in presence of porphyrin. The photoelectrochemical properties of the free dyes and the mixtures of each dye with porphyrin are investigated by measuring incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) using ZnO electrode and also with TiO2 electrode. It is seen that Rhodamine B-porphyrin mixture has attained maximum IPCE among the four samples studied at approximately 550 nm using ZnO electrode. Using TiO2 electrode, slight improvement in the value of IPCE was found for the same mixture. Therefore Rhodamine B-porphyrin mixture may act as a good sensitizer for converting solar energy to electrical energy.
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