Preparation and Extensive Characterization of Fullerenol C60

Abstract

Recently, functionalization processes onto the outer surface of fullerenes such as C₆₀ and C₇₀ with various groups attracted large interesting from scientists, which including convert sp² hybridization carbon atoms to sp³ hybridization that aim for enhancing its solubility in an organic polar solvent. This work converts the fullerene C₆₀ successfully to hydroxyl functionalized fullerene which called fullerenol C₆₀.

The hydroxyl functionalized fullerene C₆₀ nano-product was characterized using FTIR, ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, AFM, SEM, TEM, EDX, TGA, and XRD examinations, they proved the fullerenol C₆₀ structure and demonstrated the remarkable change in fullerene C₆₀ topography from un-uniform particles to shape like spherical with high aggregation.

Keywords: Fullerene C₆₀, fullerenol, functionalization.