title: Pushing fullerene absorption into the near-IR region by conjugately fusing oligothiophenes.
abstract: Fusing two in one: The π-electron systems of fullerene and an oligothiophene were conjugately fused by an open-cage process. This led to novel fullerene-oligothiophene chromophores with significantly enhanced light-absorbing capability, which covers a wide spectral range. The fullerene band gap could be tuned to about 1 eV by a chemical approach.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Zuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Qiqun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ding