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Synthesis and characterization of single-bond fullerene dimer derivatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2020

Hong-Quan Zhao ,
Shihan Yang ,
Tong-Le Xu ,
Xuan Shi ,
Shirong Lu ,
Jian-Wei Wu ,
Chunxiang Wang  and
Jian-Ming Hu
Hong-Quan Zhao*
Affiliation:
Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing400714, China
Shihan Yang
Affiliation:
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing401331, China
Tong-Le Xu
Affiliation:
Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing400714, China
Xuan Shi
Affiliation:
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing401331, China
Shirong Lu*
Affiliation:
Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing400714, China
Jian-Wei Wu*
Affiliation:
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing401331, China
Chunxiang Wang
Affiliation:
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing401331, China
Jian-Ming Hu
Affiliation:
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing401331, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: hqzhao@cigit.ac.cn
b)e-mail: lushirong@cigit.ac.cn
c)e-mail: jwwu@cqnu.edu.cn
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Abstract

Fullerene dimers have attracted extensive attention due to their unique structures and fascinating properties. Here, fullerene dimer derivatives with four to six carbon atoms in the esters are designed and synthesized. The property differences that caused by the carbon number in the esters of the fullerene dimers are investigated by performing their electrochemical, optical, and photoelectric measurements. As the carbon atom numbers in the esters increase from four to five and six, the absorption intensities increase to 1.6- and 4.4-folds. The intensities of the fluorescence spectra increase to 1.8- and 5.2-folds. Their photocurrent increases to 2- and 7-folds under the irradiation of a 405-nm laser. The LUMO energy levels move downward slightly from −3.89 to −3.90 and −3.92 eV, respectively. Our results indicate that as the carbon number increases, the carbon chain lengths in the ester structures increase, very slight effects produced on the energy levels of the fullerene dimers, but strongly contribute to their chemical activities and thus the photoelectronic efficiencies.

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fullerene dimer derivativesestersabsorption spectrafluorescence spectraphotocurrent
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 35 , Issue 20 , 28 October 2020 , pp. 2676 - 2683
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These authors contributed equally to this paper.

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