Preparation and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Gold Electrodes Modified with [60]Fullerene-Linked Oligothiophenes

Daigo Hirayama, Takashi Yamashiro, Kazuo Takimiya, Yoshio Aso, Tetsuo Otsubo, Hiroyuki Norieda, Hiroshi Imahori, Yoshiteru Sakata

Chemistry Letters · 2000 · 47 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Abstract [60]Fullerene-linked quarter- and octithiophenes with a disulfide anchoring group have been synthesized, and a photovoltaic cell with a gold electrode modified with the octithiophene derivative showed a large photocurrent under illumination of visible light.

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