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Evidence of enhanced photocurrent response in corannulene filmsNadya Patukhova,
Layla Martin Samos,
Egon Pavlica,
Gvido Bratina, 2017, original scientific article
Abstract: Photoconductivity spectra measured in non-crystalline corannulene thin layers are compared to optical absorption in solution phase and thin films. The unexpected enhanced photoconductivity is correlated with GW–BSE theoretical predictions of corannulene gas-phase excitonic spectra. Theoretical analysis reveals a consistent contribution involving transitions to Super Atomic Molecular Orbitals (SAMOs), a unique set of diffuse orbitals typical of curved conjugated constructs. Results suggest SAMO population via direct photoexcitation as a potential mechanism towards exploiting these diffuse orbitals as conducting channels in suitably assembled quantum nanostructures or solids.
Keywords: Coranulene, photoconductivity, thin layers, photoexcitation
Published in RUNG: 26.09.2017; Views: 4578; Downloads: 207
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