Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.384, 85-91, 2002
Photovoltaic properties of C-60/liquid crystal composites and heterostructures
An increase of the photovoltage was found in LC/C-60 composites and heterostructures comparing C-60 film in the 2-3 eV range, where two charge transferstates (CT-states) at 2,4 eV and 2,7 eV are present in C-60 . A sufficient increaseof an intensity and area for 2,4 eV CT-band is observed for the composite sample, while HS photovoltage rises more strongly at the region of 2,7 CT-band. Band gap values estimated from the comparison of photovoltage spectra of C-60 /LC composite and heterostructure with photovoltage of C-60 film were following: 2,18 eV for the composite and 2,26 eV in the case of heterostructure. The origin of observed effects has been discussed.