Spectroscopy and photocurrent generation in nanostructured thin films of porphyrin-fullerene dyad clusters

Imahori H; Hasobe T; Yamada H; Kamat PV; Barazzouk S; Fujitsuka M; Ito O; Fukuzumi S

Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.8, 784-785, 2001

Imahori H, Hasobe T, Yamada H, Kamat PV, Barazzouk S, Fujitsuka M, Ito O, Fukuzumi S

Porphyrin-fullerene dyad cluster films, when cast on nanostructured SnO2 films, are photoelectrochemically active and generate anodic photocurrent under visible light excitation (maximal IPCE value = similar to0.4%).