Polydopamine Interfaces in Energy Production: Functional Films and Coatings

Speaker: Prof. Luis Emerson Coy Romero
Affiliation: NanoBioMedical Centre, AMU, Poznań
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Abstract: 

Until recently, polydopamine (PDA) was mainly applied as a surface initiator for several biomedical applications and as a “sticky” active component sensing platform. However, several previously overlooked properties of PDA have been coming to light as research on this material continues. Here, I will mainly focus on the role of PDA coatings in energy applications, such as its apparent universal role as a photosensitizer and its behaviour when in contact with a semiconductor [1]. I will introduce some of the physicochemical aspects that make PDA an ideal coating for many photocatalytic applications, including results on various semiconducting materials and nanostructures [2]. Finally, some of the recent findings and theories on the origin of this behaviour will be presented, as well as some novel PDA architectures [3].  

AcknowledgementsThe financial support of the National Science Centre of Poland under the OPUS grant (UMO-2019/35/B/ST5/00248) is gratefully acknowledged.

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[2]   Y. Kim, E. Coy, H. Kim, R. Mrówczyński, P. Torruella, D.-W. Jeong, K. S. Choi, J. H. Jang, M. Y. Song, D.-J. Jang, F. Peiro, S. Jurga, and H. J. Kim, Appl. Catal. B Environ. 280, 119423 (2021).
[3]   E. Coy, I. Iatsunskyi, J. C. Colmenares, Y. Kim, and R. Mrówczyński, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces acsami.1c02483 (2021).

Chairman: Prof. Jacek Gapiński