Polyvinylcarbazole fullerene-doped

Another interesting applications area for fullerenes is based on materials that can be fabricated using fullerene-doped polymers. Polyvinylcarbazole (PVK) and other selected polymers, such as poly(paraphcnylene-vinylene) (PPV) and phenylmethylpolysilane (PMPS), doped with a mixture of Cgo and C70 have been reported to exhibit exceptionally good photoconductive properties [206, 207, 208] which may lead to the development of future polymeric photoconductive materials. Small concentrations of fullerenes (e.g., by weight) lead to charge transfer of the photo-excited electrons in the polymer to the fullerenes, thereby promoting the conduction of mobile holes in the polymer [209]. Fullerene-doped polymers also have significant potential for use in applications, such as photo-diodes, photo-voltaic devices and as photo-refractive materials. 

Fullerene-Doped Polyvinylcarbazole. Fullerenes are known to be good electron acceptors. In the presence of electron donors such as aromatic amines, weakly bonded charge-transfer complexes can be formed [115]. Through virtual excitation, the existence of charge-transfer interaction can enhance the second-order optical nonlinearity of fullerenes [116], With direct excitation, excited state electron transfer between fullerenes and various electron donors such as aromatic amines [115,117], semiconductor colloids [118], porphyrin [119], and polymers [101, 103, 120] can occur. This electron-accepting property led to the development of fullerene-doped polymeric photoconductors [101,103]. 

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