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ABSTRACT: Nanocrystalline TiO2 electrodes were silanized and further modified with C60 fullerene films linked by Starburst¿ (PAMAM G0.0) dendrimers of poly(amidoamine), generation 0.0, using a layerby- layer technique into either branched dendritic or linear structures. The resulting films provide organized nanoassembled photoactive surfaces that adsorb in the visible region and offer a high molar extinction coefficient. The linear nanocomposite structure in particular increases the photocurrent efficiency of the polycrystalline TiO2 and decreases the recombination effect, yielding a global collection efficiency of 0.14%.
Revista de la Sociedad Química de México. 01/2007;
