Creating a uniform distribution of fullerene C60 nanorods in a polymer matrix and its photovoltaic applications

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Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 601-606

  Lu, Guanghao ^a   Li, Ligui ^a   Yang, Xiaoniu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fullerenes; Morphology; Nanorods; Solar cells; Solvent vapor treatment

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURES;

UNIFOR M DISTRIBUTION;

FULLERENES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FULLERENES; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 44949123496     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200701206     Document Type: Article

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