title: Photostability of a dyad of magnesium porphyrin and fullerene and its application to photocurrent conversion.
abstract: A new type of acceptor-donor(2) dyad system containing two magnesium porphyrin molecules and a fullerene molecule is much more stable than the magnesium porphyrin itself. When it is fabricated into a binary system using imidazole carboxylic acid as a linker to indium tin oxide, the molecule effects efficient photocurrent generation that surpasses the device using the corresponding zinc porphyrin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichiki
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D004566:Electrodes; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D008027:Light; D008274:Magnesium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D017971:Tin Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D007093:Imidazoles; D011166:Porphyrins; D017971:Tin Compounds; C109984:indium tin oxide; C029899:imidazole; D008274:Magnesium