Photoelectrochemical Investigation of Fullerenes

Abstract Fullerene solar cells are demonstrated. Illuminated, C60 drives oxidation of redox couples in solution. a photoelectrochemical solid/liquid, rather than a solid state, junction, improves photocurrent, and a C60 single crystal, and not polycrystalline film, decreases dark current, and thereby light driven charge transfer dominates.

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