Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Doped with the Endohedral Metallofullerene Dy@C82: Preparation, Characterization, and Application in Photoelectrochemical Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4394-4404

  Yang, Shangfeng ^a   Fan, Louzhen ^a   Yang, Shihe ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY CONVERSION; FULLERENES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POSITIVE IONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ARACHIDIC ACID (AA); ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; LIGHT INTENSITY; POWER-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 1942534172     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0375618     Document Type: Article

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