Functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with nitrogen plasma for photovoltaic device application

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 346-351

  Kalita, Golap ^a   Adhikari, Sudip ^a   Aryal, Hare Ram ^a   Afre, Rakesh ^b   Soga, Tetsuo ^b   Sharon, Maheshwar ^c   Umeno, Masayoshi ^a  

^a CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c BIRLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Functionalization of CNTs; Microwave plasma; Photovoltaic device

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINES; ARGON; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INERT GASES; MICROWAVES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMAS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEPARATION; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; WALL FLOW; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMIDE GROUPS; EFFICIENT; FILL FACTORS; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CNTS; FUNCTIONALIZED; MICROWAVE PLASMA; MICROWAVE PLASMAS; MWCNTS FILMS; NITROGEN PLASMAS; OPEN CIRCUITS; PHOTO INDUCED; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SI WAFERS; SIDE WALLS; SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 55049096162     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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