title: Combining single wall carbon nanotubes and photoactive polymers for photoconversion.
abstract: A combination of van der Waals and electrostatic interactions was used to integrate SWNT and a suitably functionalized polythiophene into nanostructured ITO electrodes. In the resulting electron donor/acceptor nanocomposites, polythiophene represents the light-harvesting chromophore that readily donates an excited-state electron to the ground-state electron-accepting SWNT. Upon illumination, monochromatic incident photoconversion efficiencies between 1.2 and 9.3% were determined for single and eight-sandwiched layers, respectively.
authors: Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.
authors: G M Aminur
authors: GM
authors: Rahman
authors: Dirk M
authors: DM
authors: Guldi
authors: Rita
authors: R
authors: Cagnoli
authors: Adele
authors: A
authors: Mucci
authors: Luisa
authors: L
authors: Schenetti
authors: Lisa
authors: L
authors: Vaccari
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: Prato