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Combustion Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of the Small Hydrofullerene C 50 H 10
Author(s) -
Chen JianHua,
Gao ZhiYong,
Weng QunHong,
Jiang WenSheng,
He Qiao,
Liang Hua,
Deng LinLong,
Xie SuLan,
Huang HuiYing,
Lu Xin,
Xie SuYuan,
Shi Kang,
Huang RongBin,
Zheng LanSun
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201102330
Subject(s) - raman spectroscopy , analytical chemistry (journal) , benzene , acceptor , electrochemistry , molecule , chemistry , mass spectrometry , diffusion , oxygen , hydrogen , photochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , physics , electrode , chromatography , optics , thermodynamics , condensed matter physics
The hydrofullerene C 50 H 10 is synthesized by low‐pressure benzene–oxygen diffusion combustion. The structure of C 50 H 10 is identified through NMR, mass spectrometry, and IR and Raman spectroscopy as a D 5 h symmetric closed‐cage molecule with five pairs of fused pentagons stabilized by ten hydrogen atoms. UV/Vis and fluorescence spectrometric analyses disclose its optical properties as comparable with those of its chloride cousin (C 50 Cl 10 ). Cyclic and square‐wave voltammograms reveal that the first reduction potential of C 50 H 10 is more negative than that of C 50 Cl 10 as well as C 60 , with implications for the utilization of C 50 H 10 as a promising electron acceptor for photovoltaic applications.