Nanowelded carbon-nanotube-based solar microcells

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Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1313-1318

  Chen, Changxin ^a,c   Lu, Yang ^a   Kong, Eric S ^a   Zhang, Yafei ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Photovoltaic cells; Power conversion efficiency; Schottky barriers

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LITHOGRAPHY; METALLIZING; METALS; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NONMETALS; SEPARATION; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; STANDARDS; SUBSTRATES;

AC DIELECTROPHORESIS; AL ELECTRODES; AVERAGE DIAMETER; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRODE PAIRS; ELECTRON-HOLE PAIRS; GATE VOLTAGES; LIFT-OFF PROCESSES; LOW-WORK FUNCTIONS; METAL CONTACTS; METAL ELECTRODES; MICRO-CELLS; NANO TUBE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POWER DENSITIES; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; SI SUBSTRATE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE; SOURCE AND DRAIN ELECTRODES; UV-LITHOGRAPHY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 52649114899     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200701309     Document Type: Article

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