CdSe Nanocrystal/C60-liquid composite material with enhanced photoelectrochemical performance

Theodore J. Kramer; Sukumaran Santhosh Babu; Akinori Saeki; Shu Seki; Junko Aimi; Takashi Nakanishi

doi:10.1039/C2JM35294J

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CdSe Nanocrystal/C₆₀-liquid composite material with enhanced photoelectrochemical performance†

Theodore J. Kramer,^ab Sukumaran Santhosh Babu,^a Akinori Saeki,^c Shu Seki,^c Junko Aimi^a and Takashi Nakanishi*^a

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^b Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, USA

^c Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan

Abstract

The unique optoelectronic properties of a nanocomposite material comprised of cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanocrystals (NCs) embedded in a photoconductive liquid C₆₀ have been investigated. CdSe NCs are shown to sensitize the composite material to visible light, resulting in charge transfer from optically excited CdSe NCs to the solvent-free liquid C₆₀ phase.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM35294J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 07 Aug 2012
Accepted: 11 Sep 2012
First published: 11 Sep 2012

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J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 22370-22373

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CdSe Nanocrystal/C₆₀-liquid composite material with enhanced photoelectrochemical performance

T. J. Kramer, S. S. Babu, A. Saeki, S. Seki, J. Aimi and T. Nakanishi, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 22370 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM35294J

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