Evaluation of transparent carbon nanotube networks of homogeneous electronic type

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1377-1384

  Jackson, Roderick K ^a   Munro, Andrea ^b   Nebesny, Kenneth ^b   Armstrong, Neal ^b   Graham, Samuel ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Doping; Fermi level; Transparent electrodes; Work function

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; CARBON NANOTUBES DOPING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING BEHAVIOR; SURFACE WORK FUNCTIONS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; FERMIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); WORK FUNCTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 77950117600     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9010076     Document Type: Article

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