A facile, covalent modification of single-wall carbon nanotubes by thiophene for use in organic photovoltaic cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-274

  Stylianakis, Minas M ^a   Mikroyannidis, John A ^a   Kymakis, Emmanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amidation of nanotubes; Hybrid; Modified carbon nanotubes; Polymer photovoltaic cells; Single wall carbon nanotubes; Thiophene

Indexed keywords

AMIDATION; AMIDATION OF NANOTUBES; MODIFIED CARBON; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMIDES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DISPERSIONS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FULLERENES; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THIOPHENE;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 72149088446     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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