| 초록 |
Inserting a small chemical species into fullerenes is a fascinating method to endow them with unique characteristic properties. Previously, a powerful method to access alkali metal encapsulated fullerenes, so-called “plasma implantation”, has been developed, which enabled us to achieve scalable synthesis of Li+-encapsulated fullerenes. These compounds are regarded as an “ion-encapsulated fullerene” which is a new fullerene family, but should not be categorized into general endohedral metallofullerenes. As a result of significant progress in the basic studies during the past 10 years, the characteristic properties arising from the ionic natures have been successively explored. I present here the outline of our studies on ion-encapsulated fullerenes including synthetic approach, basic properties, reactivity, and application for perovskite solar cell, aiming at triggering the broad and interdisciplinary expansion of the novel materials. |
