In Situ Polymerization of Acetylene Polymer on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube and Its Application to Photoinduced Charge Transfer System

Abstract

An acetylene polymer is formed on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) using in situ polymerization. The acetylene polymers/SWNTs composite is hydrophilic even water-soluble, and has a structure of donor/acceptor dyad. In measurements of photocurrents-voltage curves, the composite film exhibits a power conversion efficiency of 1.50 x 10(-2)% under illumination (I = 80 mW/cm(2), air mass 1.5 condition).