Electronic communication in tetrathiafulvalene (TTF)/C60 systems: Toward molecular solar energy conversion materials?

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1015-1024

  Martín, Nazario ^a   Sánchez, Luis ^a   Herranz, María Ángeles ^a   Illescas, Beatriz ^a   Guldi, Dirk M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; TETRATHIAFULVALENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY;

FULLERENES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 35948941586     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar700026t     Document Type: Article

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