C-60-doped silicon oxide thin films can be prepared easily by sol-gel
processing using a mixture of phenyltriethoxysilane and tetraethoxysil
ane as the silicon oxide sources. Preparation of C-60-dissolved single
-phase starting solutions is practicable by employing phenyltriethoxys
ilane which acts as a solubilization agent of C-60 as well as the sili
con oxide source.