Recently, Prof. Du Zuliang’s group has published an article entitled as “Quantum Dot Modified One-Dimensional C60 Nanorod in Situ Preparation and Photoinduced Charge Transfer” in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
Article link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06120
In this paper, the C60 rods adsorbed by CdSe/CdS/ZnS quantum dots QDs on the surface are grown by liquid-liquid interface method, and the interaction between the QDs and C60 is discussed. Fluorescence (PL) quenching, PL lifetime reduction, photovoltaic enhancement and photocurrent generation were observed for the composite system. The photoinduced electron tunneling process of CdSe/CdS/ZnS QDs and C60 rods in the composite system was studied. The physical mechanism of tunneling was also discussed.