Fullerene dimers (C60/C70) for energy harvesting

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 48, 2009, Pages 13474-13482

  Delgado, Juan L ^a,b   Espíldora, Eva ^a   Liedtke, Moritz ^c   Sperlich, Andreas ^d   Rauh, Daniel ^c   Baumann, Andreas ^d   Deibel, Carsten ^d   Dyakonov, Vladimir ^c,d   Martín, Nazario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

^c BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Dimerization; Energy conversion; EPR spectroscopy; Fullerenes

Indexed keywords

[60] FULLERENE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENERGY HARVESTING; EPR SPECTROSCOPY; FULLERENE DIMER; HETERODIMERS; HIGH YIELD; HOMODIMERS; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; VISIBLE RANGE;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIMERIZATION; DIMERS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ENERGY CONVERSION; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM THEORY; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 72449174283     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902039     Document Type: Article

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