Fullerene Van der Waals Oligomers as Electron Traps

Shubina T, Sharapa D, Schubert C, Zahn D, Halik M, Keller PA, Pyne SG, Jennepalli S, Guldi DM, Clark T (2014)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article, Report

Publication year: 2014

Journal

Publisher: American Chemical Society

Book Volume: 136

Pages Range: 10890–10893

Volume: 136

Issue: 31

Journal Issue: 31

URI: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja505949m

DOI: 10.1021/ja505949m

Abstract

Density functional theory calculations indicate that van der Waals fullerene dimers and larger oligomers can form interstitial electron traps in which the electrons are even more strongly bound than in isolated fullerene radical anions. The fullerenes behave like \"super atoms\", and the interstitial electron traps represent one-electron intermolecular σ-bonds. Spectroelectrochemical measurements on a bis-fullerene-substituted peptide provide experimental support. The proposed deep electron traps are relevant for all organic electronics applications in which non-covalently linked fullerenes in van der Waals contact with one another serve as n-type semiconductors.

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University of Wollongong (UOW) Australia (AU)

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APA:

Shubina, T., Sharapa, D., Schubert, C., Zahn, D., Halik, M., Keller, P.A.,... Clark, T. (2014). Fullerene Van der Waals Oligomers as Electron Traps. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(31), 10890–10893. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja505949m

MLA:

Shubina, Tatyana, et al. "Fullerene Van der Waals Oligomers as Electron Traps." Journal of the American Chemical Society 136.31 (2014): 10890–10893.

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