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Preparation of Polyoxometalate-based Photo-responsive Membranes for the Photo-activation of Manganese Oxide Catalysts
Published on: August 7, 2018
Photocurrent-generating properties of organometallic fullerene molecules on an electrode
Yutaka Matsuo1, Katsuhiko Kanaizuka, Keiko Matsuo
1Nakamura Functional Carbon Cluster Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. matsuo@chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp <matsuo@chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Abstract:
Compact, rigid, five-legged fullerene derivatives C60R5Me and M(C60R5)Cp (M = Fe and Ru; R = C6H4COOH, C6H4C6H4COOH, and CH2COOH) were synthesized and arrayed on an indium-tin oxide (ITO) surface. These devices exhibit a respectable quantum yield with photocurrent generation up to 18%, and, more importantly, the direction of the photocurrent can be changed not only by the molecular structure itself but also by changing the geometric configuration of the photoactive acceptor (fullerene) and donor (metal atom) on the ITO surface.
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