Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of solution processable highly ordered polythiophene-carbon nanotube nanohybrid structures

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Schuettfort, T ^a,b   Snaith, H J ^a   Nish, A ^a   Nicholas, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITIES; EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH PURITY; HIGH YIELD; NANOHYBRIDS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EXCITATION SPECTRUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY-THIOPHENE; POLYMER-FULLERENE; PROCESSABLE; REGIO-REGULAR; RR-P3HT; SOLVENT-EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; STATE OF THE ART;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FULLERENES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARRIER MOBILITY;

POLYMER; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYTHIOPHENE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYBRID; OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVALUATION; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 71549121707     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/2/025201     Document Type: Article

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