Photocurrent response from vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube arrays

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6778-6783

  Bissett, Mark A ^a   Shapter, Joseph G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; CURRENT RESPONSE; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTORESPONSES; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; SIDE WALLS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; VISIBLE LIGHT; VOLTAGE RESPONSE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FLUORINE; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77951041536     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1003193     Document Type: Article

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