Facile deposition of [60]fullerene on the electrode by electrochemical oxidative polymerization of thiophene.
It was found that [60]fullerene encapsulated in anionic calix[8]arenes can be readily deposited by electrochemical oxidative polymerization of ethylenedioxythiophene: the resultant electrode generates a photocurrent wave (ca. 100 nA cm(-2)) in response to visible light irradiation.
Hatano
Tsukasa
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Takeuchi
Masayuki
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Ikeda
Atsushi
A
Shinkai
Seiji
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