Photon harvesting with multi wall carbon nanotubes

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 340-346

  Scarselli, M ^a   Scilletta, C ^a   Tombolini, F ^a   Castrucci, P ^a   De Crescenzi, M ^a   Diociaiuti, M ^b   Casciardi, S ^c   Gatto, E ^a   Venanzi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Hybrid material; Metal nanoparticle; Photocurrent

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RANGES; LOW DIMENSIONAL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANO-DEVICES; NEAR ULTRAVIOLET; SOLID-STATE CELLS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; HYBRID MATERIALS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67249100234     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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