Schottky diodes on nanowires of copper phthalocyanine

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-39

  Chintakula, Goutam ^a   Rajaputra, Suresh ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Anodized aluminum oxide; Copper phthalocyanine; Nanowires; Organic semiconductors; Schottky diodes

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ELECTRODES; ANODIZED ALUMINA; ANODIZED ALUMINUM OXIDE; CATHODIC ELECTRODEPOSITION; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; IDEALITY FACTORS; ITO ELECTRODES; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PEDOT:PSS; REVERSE-SATURATION CURRENTS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SERIES RESISTANCES; THIN LAYERS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; DIODES; ELECTRIC WIRE; NANOWIRES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OHMIC CONTACTS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 70449526642     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.06.029     Document Type: Article

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