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• Alternative to fullerenes in organic solar cells

  An insight into the properties of fullerene is set to open the door to a new class of electronic acceptors which can be used to build better and cheaper organic solar cells. Organic solar cells have advanced a great deal since they were first invented nearly 20 years ago, but the fullerene component more

• Scientists produce transparent, light-harvesting material

  Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and generating electric charge over a relatively large area. The material, described in the journal Chemistry of Materials more

• Current loss tracked down by magnetic fingerprint

  Scientists have been working on organic solar cells for about a decade. Their manufacture is environmentally friendly and they can be applied to all kinds of materials, such as plastic film, for instance. The trouble is, they only yield a fifth of the electrical energy that silicon solar cells do, w more

Publications Fullerenes

• Fullerenes

  This chapter reviews the literature reported during 2012 on fullerenes chemistry including fullerene production and properties, organic- and organometallic- chemistry, endohedral derivatives and advanced materials as well as theoretical studies and possible applications of fullerene and its derivati more

• Mechanochemistry of fullerenes and related materials

  The low or lack of solubility of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene/graphite in organic solvents and water severely hampers the study of their chemical functionalizations and practical applications. Covalent and noncovalent functionalizations of fullerenes and related materials via mechanoche more

• Endohedral Fullerenes

  Chemical Reviews DOI: 10.1021/cr300297r more

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